rpcd failed, audio server fails

Tom Evans

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Jun 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/17/97

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I'm new to hp-ux, just got a new machine, the rpcd doesn't start
with no error indications. Tried starting it manually with -f to
put it in the foreground, but still didn't get messages.
If there is better place to look for common ( I assume this is a
common problem) admin questions I appreciate it. I check the FAQ
but it didn't have anything specific to rpcd.
This causes the audio server to fail.
TIA,
Tom
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Michael Piotrowski

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Jun 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/20/97

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tje...@junk.raleigh.ibm.com (Tom Evans) writes:

> I'm new to hp-ux, just got a new machine, the rpcd doesn't start
> with no error indications. Tried starting it manually with -f to
> put it in the foreground, but still didn't get messages.
> If there is better place to look for common ( I assume this is a
> common problem) admin questions I appreciate it. I check the FAQ
> but it didn't have anything specific to rpcd.
> This causes the audio server to fail.

Is your workstation connected to a network? If it is, it might
indicate that the network setup of your machine is not correct. If it
is _not_ connected to a network you might get rpcd to work by
simulating a network---loopback is not enough. On 715s I have observed
that you need at least a transceiver plugged in and a real
(i. e. non-loopback) network address. The best thing, however, is a
real network.

HP should be aware of this problem with rpcd and fix it, because it's
kind of hard to explain that you don't get audio because you don't
have a network... and of what use is integrated audio if it's harder
to set up than a $20 Soundblaster clone in a lowly PC?

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provide no solution at all. (Scheiffler/Gettys)
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Michael Piotrowski m...@linguistik.uni-erlangen.de

Doug Siebert

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Jun 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/20/97

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Michael Piotrowski <m...@linguistik.uni-erlangen.de> writes:

>HP should be aware of this problem with rpcd and fix it, because it's
>kind of hard to explain that you don't get audio because you don't
>have a network... and of what use is integrated audio if it's harder
>to set up than a $20 Soundblaster clone in a lowly PC?

Tried to get them to realize this, but it is a losing battle. The audio guys
will tell you it is a problem with rcpd, and isn't their responsibility. The
NCS folks will tell you that rcpd requires a network because NCS does stand
for Network Computing System, after all, and is pretty useless without a
network. Their support people recommended just putting a transceiver on the
AUI port with nothing plugged into it. This works, but it is rather silly to
have to do this.

--
Douglas Siebert Director of Computing Facilities
douglas...@uiowa.edu Division of Mathematical Sciences, U of Iowa

He who lives in a glass house should not invite in he who is without sin.

Heribert Dahms

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Jun 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/20/97

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In <rin2olm...@sol.linguistik.uni-erlangen.de>
m...@linguistik.uni-erlangen.de (Michael Piotrowski) writes:

: If it is _not_ connected to a network you might get rpcd to work by

: simulating a network---loopback is not enough. On 715s I have observed
: that you need at least a transceiver plugged in and a real
: (i. e. non-loopback) network address. The best thing, however, is a
: real network.

Is a loopback connector and 10.0.0.x sufficient?
BTW, are 700s always shipped with a loopback connector?

Bye, Heribert (da...@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de)