[maraquez]

Hi all,
We have a p520 running full system partition attached to a 5.2.1 HMC. Whenever we open a VTERM window, the login screen comes up but we can't login. Any input is not accepted as we type in the terminal. Is there a fix for that or is there a configuration we are missing? Cos` we can login through telnet sessions.

[dthacker]

Does the HMC see your 520 in the server management view?

Have you logged out of the HMC are logged back in? (This will restart your X session)

Those are the first things I'd try.

Dave

[pedz]

Do you get the login prompt?

If you do not, then the vty may not be enabled. You can check this a few ways. You can grep /etc/inittab and see what the line for vty0 says. Or you can do something like "lsattr -Elvty0 -a login" it will say enabled or disabled. Or you can check it via SMIT.

If it is not enabled, you can enable it via smit or chdev. I'm a command line type of guy. I would do: chdev -l vty0 -a login=enable

For a one instance type thing, you can also just do "penable vty0" but that will not last across a reboot.

Also, make sure that the vty that you want to use is called vty0. It can be called vty1, vty2, ... depending upon how the system was installed, etc. I can't think of a reason not to enable all of them. You can log in, type "tty" to get which vty you are on (after it starts working), and then go back and disable the others.

[maraquez]

Hey pedz,

Thanks for the 'lsattr -Elvty0 -a login' comand... the attribute login was disable for vty2. It help us a lot. Now we can login through VTERM on the HMC.

Obrigado.