Re: shutting down a linux guest on VM problem

2006-04-26 Thread Rich Smrcina
Which level of Linux is running on this guest? Larry Macioce wrote: I get the following message: HCPSIG2110E User xx is not enabled for signals. (This was after I tri ed to reboot it through it's putty session and of course I lose the session) . So I try to Google the hcp message and I

Re: shutting down a linux guest on VM problem

2006-04-26 Thread Gianfranco Ciotti
Larry Macioce wrote: I get the following message: HCPSIG2110E User xx is not enabled for signals. (This was after I tried From z/VM HELP: HCP2110E The variations of this message are explained below. MESSAGES: o Virtual machine is not enabled for signals o User

Re: shutting down a linux guest on VM problem

2006-04-26 Thread Adam Thornton
On Apr 26, 2006, at 1:07 PM, Larry Macioce wrote: We are Suse9 sp3+(2.6...252) This should *definitely* handle signals! Did SuSE turn this OFF in their kernel, for reasons unknown? Anyone got any light to shed? Something else is wrong, I suspect. Adam

Re: shutting down a linux guest on VM problem

2006-04-26 Thread Rich Smrcina
I have SP3 systems on z/VM 5.1 where this is working perfectly. Unless there is some outstanding z/VM APAR affecting SIGNAL SHUTDOWN, there must be something seriously hosed in Larry's Linux machine. Adam Thornton wrote: On Apr 26, 2006, at 1:07 PM, Larry Macioce wrote: We are Suse9

Re: shutting down a linux guest on VM problem

2006-04-26 Thread Jon Brock
IIRC, you also have to make sure that you have set up inittab to handle the signals propagated to Linux by VM. Something like: ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -h now Could that be the culprit? Jon snip We are Suse9 sp3+(2.6...252) This should *definitely* handle signals! Did SuSE turn

Re: shutting down a linux guest on VM problem

2006-04-26 Thread Larry Macioce
I have in my sles 9 sp3 inittab: ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r -t 4 now but it is the same in my sles 9 sp1 guest It did work but I guessing it's the guest not playing well with others. I was at the Columbus meeting of MVRUG last time when Jim spoke of track, but it was abit..let's not

Re: shutting down a linux guest on VM problem

2006-04-26 Thread Rich Smrcina
Change the -r to -h. The -r tells it to reboot. Larry Macioce wrote: I have in my sles 9 sp3 inittab: ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -r -t 4 now but it is the same in my sles 9 sp1 guest It did work but I guessing it's the guest not playing well with others. I was at the Columbus meeting of

Re: shutting down a linux guest on VM problem

2006-04-26 Thread Kris Buelens
Two remarks: 1. one can issue CP Q SIGNALS to see who has registered to get a shutdown signal. 2. To get online help: one no longer needs to remove parts of the message ID before entering the HELP command, so just issue HELP HCPSIG2110E Kris, IBM Belgium, VM customer support