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  Recovery from Console Error 89B52AA5 in AIX 3.2
 
 
 
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  EXPLANATION OF CONSOLE ERROR 89B52AA5
 
       This document explains the usual reason for an error log
       entry similar to the following:
 
          ERROR LABEL:     CONSOLE
          ERROR ID:   89B52AA5
 
          Date/Time:       Fri Aug 20 14:45:53
          Sequence Number: 20660
          Machine Id:      000044144100
          Node Id:         mst3000
          Class:           S
          Type:            PERM
          Resource Name:    console
 
          Error Description
          SOFTWARE PROGRAM ERROR
 
          Probable Causes
          SOFTWARE PROGRAM
 
          Failure Causes
          SOFTWARE PROGRAM
 
            Recommended Actions
            REVIEW DETAILED DATA
 
          Detail Data
          DETECTING MODULE
          conwrite
          FAILING MODULE
          UIO_WRITE
          RETURN CODE
             538976309        8224
 
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          ERROR CODE
             538976304     2105344
 
       This error is typically caused by an application that is
       started automatically during bootup in one of the /etc/rc*
       or /etc/inittab files.  Many applications open the console
       device to report errors or status.  When the application
       writes to the console after bootup has completed, the
       write() call will return EIO due to POSIX Std 1003.1 section
       6.4.2.4:
 
           The implementation supports job control, the process
           is in a background process group and is attempting
           to write to its controlling terminal, TOSTOP is set,
           the process is neither ignoring nor blocking SIGTTOU
           signals, and the process group of the process is
           orphaned."
 
       When the console device driver senses that the write() call
       has failed, it logs an error to indicate that some program
       has attempted to notify you and has failed.  It is not
       important to understand the reason that you are getting this
       entry in the error log; instead, it is important to find
       exactly which program is causing this error.  The best way
       to do this is to put the following line into your
       /etc/inittab file immediately after the line that begins
       with "powerfail":
 
          swcons:2:wait:/etc/swcons /tmp/cons.out > /dev/console 2>&1
 
       Then enter the following command (as root):
 
          swcons /tmp/cons.out
 
       Periodically check the file /tmp/cons.out for error messages
       that should be recognizable as coming from an application
       that is started during bootup.  You may have to reboot your
       system to see these messages.  Please be aware that messages
       that you used to see on your console (including bootup mes-
       sages) will no longer appear there; they will now appear in
       /tmp/cons.out.  You should monitor the size of this file, so
       that it does not fill the /tmp file system.  To make the
       file empty, enter "> /tmp/cons.out".
 
       Once you have determined exactly which program is causing
       these errors you can do one of the following:
 
       o   Contact your application vendor and explain the situ-
           ation to them.  They can change their source code to
           eliminate this problem.
 
       o   Leave the "swcons" command in your /etc/inittab file.
 
       o   Start the offending program from the command line.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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