Expert: Kenneth Gullberg Date: 3/26/2001 Subject: Solaris error message
Question Hi!
I'm a real newbie in the computer field (have only been in it less than a year). I recently got a good buy (?) on a Sun SPARC5 work station (I believe it's either Solaris 5 or 7 that's loaded on it). After it boots up, I get the following error message "rpc lockd. cannot contact status monitor". This error message cascades diagonally across the screen, and the system is completely locked up. Any thoughts on this? Thanks! Shawn R. Daniel
Answer Hi!
On bootup, a machine might display the following error
message:
rpc.lockd: cannot contact status monitor!
The machine will complete the boot process, and a login
prompt will appear. It is possible to login and to work,
but the message will continuously be displayed on screen.
Problem Solution Top
The error message tells us that rpc.lockd cannot
communicate with rpc.statd, the status monitor. The
rpc.lockd daemon needs the rpc.statd daemon for monitor
services.
To solve:
1. Check to see if both rpc.statd and rpc.lock are running.
Issue the command "ps -aux | grep rpc" to view the rpc
processes that are running.
