Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!xanth!nic.MR.NET!hal!cwjcc!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!andante!ulysses!att!whuts!clyde!wtr@moss.ATT.COM From: wtr@moss.ATT.COM Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,att.sys.unixpc Subject: OBM goes out? Keywords: temporary screwup Message-ID: <37652@clyde.ATT.COM> Date: 8 Dec 88 16:29:18 GMT Sender: ds@clyde.ATT.COM Lines: 33 the other day i did a remote login to my 3b1 (40Meg/3.51/HDB installed) i did a mailx command, at which point the screen locked. hittingseveral times produced a stream of 'R' characters. i disconnected and tried to log in again. i connected, but all i got was a couple of 'R's again and then lockup. trying a third time to login, the modem would not answer. got home and logged in. there was an inverse video block where the mail-envelope normally is. otherwise, thing were running okay. a uugetty was running, so everything seemed fine. trying to cu to the vaxen at work produced the following: ME: cu dk 3b1: trying modem /dev/ph1 (etc...) (here modem click) 3b1: CONNECTED 3b1: Carrier Lost (or something like that) 3b1: DISCONNECT (all within 1-2 seconds) killing the uugetty, waiting for it to respawn, and retrying produced the same results. cycling power cleared the problem out. any ideas? questions? WAGs? :-) thanx for the help, ===================================================================== Bill Rankin Bell Labs, Whippany NJ (201) 386-4154 (cornet 232) email address: ...!att!moss!wtr