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From: i91@nikhefh.hep.nl (Fons Rademakers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: /bin/csh and /bin/sh hang sometimes
Message-ID: <237@nikhefh.hep.nl>
Date: 11 Aug 89 13:12:24 GMT
Reply-To: i91@nikhefh.hep.nl (Fons Rademakers)
Organization: Nikhef-H, Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
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Hi,
  Lately I am observing the following problem: after log in
when /bin/start_csh is executed (SR9.7) it takes a very long time
before I get a prompt. Also running shell scripts written in /bin/sh
take very long to execute. To find the problem I traced with DPAT
a shell script and it turns out that the system is waiting in the 
routine (?) SVC! for a very long time. Then suddenly it continues.
The only remedy I've found so far is shutting and rebooting the node 
(a DN580-T).  What is SVC! doing? How can this problem be fixed?

Cheers, Fons Rademakers.
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