Folks-
Thanks to Jim Fitzmaurice, Serguei Patchkovski, Graham Allan,
and Paul N. Youngblood, as well as Dr. Tom Blinn and Joe Mario of
Digital/Compaq for their quick replies. Joe Mario replied with
the official Digital/Compaq answer for the problem, and I've
included it below along with the original question.
Mike
>From mario_at_zk3.dec.com Tue Apr 6 10:53:42 1999
>From: Joe Mario <mario_at_zk3.dec.com>
>To: mitchell_at_radonc.unc.edu (Mike Mitchell)
>Cc: mario_at_zk3.dec.com
>Subject: Re: Strange License Problem With XP1000 Workstations
>
> The original problem occurs because of a license bug in
> the V4.0E vmunix kernel that occurs only when xdm is the
> default window manager. This problem only exists in the
> V4.0E release. It is fixed in the V4.0E patch kit #2. That
> patch kit will be available in the May/June 1999 timeframe.
>
> In the meantime there are two possible workarounds.
>
> The first workaround is to restore cde as the default window
> manager and then select xdm for each console login. The lmf
> problem won't occur when logging-in this way. This can be done
> from the cde console login window by first selecting the "Options"
> dialog box, then selecting the "Session" dialog box, then
> selecting "Dxsession Session". Although this needs to be done
> for every login from the console, it does avoid the lmf problem
> and it doesn't use cde sessions.
>
> The second workaround is to get a temporary license pak intended
> to workaround this problem. Send mail to Joe Mario
> (mario_at_zk3.dec.com) if this special temporary pak is needed.
>
>
>>From tru64-unix-managers-owner-lizrdegg=ntrnet.net_at_sws1.ctd.ornl.gov Mon Apr 5 11:50:00 1999
>>Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 11:47:40 -0400
>>From: Mike Mitchell <lizrdegg_at_ntrnet.net>
>>Subject: Strange License Problem With XP1000 Workstations
>>To: tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov
>>Cc: lizrdegg_at_shell.ntrnet.net
>>
>> Folks-
>>
>> We're installing several of the new Digital/Compaq XP1000
>>workstations as replacements for existing Digital 500au workstations,
>>and are seeing some strange OSF-BASE license-related errors.
>>
>> The 500au licenses are transferred to the new XP1000s as part
>>of the "upgrade" installation. The 500au's came with an OSF-BASE
>>license, and the enclosed "Upgrade Guide" describes editing the
>>OSF-BASE license to change the "Number of Units" from 12 to 15
>>on the XP1000s which we did. The OSF-USR license has the expected
>>"Number of units: 400" in the XP1000 license.
>>
>> We have been/are running xdm and only xdm on the 500au's and
>>XP1000s (no cde at all). We are running DU 4.0E with jumbo patch #1
>>v40_mup01, ssrt0583u, and ssrt0588u installed.
>>
>> The new XP1000s have started kicking out the following error in
>>the kern.log
>>
>>vmunix: Maximum number of users allowed by OSF-USR license PAK are
>>already logged in
>>
>>when only one person is attempting to log in and no other users are
>>logged in. We have further determined that this error only occurs
>>when four people have logged into and logged out of the the Console.
>>When the fifth person logs in on the Console or attempts to rlogin,
>>we get the above OSF-USR license errors. Somehow the XP1000 still
>>thinks that the previous four Console users are logged in. These
>>errors do NOT occur if four folks rlogin and out over the network --
>>only when folks log in and log out on the Console. A reboot will fix
>>this problem temporarily.
>>
>> Anyone got any idea what might be going wrong here? Is there
>>some change in the license we should know about? Why do the XP1000s
>>license servers think that previous Console users are still logged in?
>>
>> Thanks-in-advance,
>>
>> Mike
Received on Tue Apr 06 1999 - 17:45:15 NZST