Tooltalk Message Server Could Not Be Started

vathsan · 10-07-2008, 09:13 AM

When I login to my AIX machine in CDE (as any user including root) I get a failsafe session that states "Tooltalk Message Server Could Not Be Started".

Further details ask to check resolv.conf, tcpip setup, etc. All are working and configured correctly.

I extended the DT_TTSESSION_TIMEOUT to 120 . No Luck

Checked the .dt/startlog which basically just shows the same error as above.

I have selected the DHCP connection which sets the default IP address allocated to the machine.

I'm new to AIX so other than the obvious steps I'm stumped. Any ideas on a solution would be appreciated.

PS: The related search results in the forum does not have an appropriate solution provided.

Best Regards,

Vathsan.

paulsm4 · 10-07-2008, 09:17 AM

http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/U..._21477822.html
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....38bf4159ef97f7

j_unix · 10-08-2010, 11:43 AM

I just encountered this today and tried everything suggested in the forums with no luck, even after a reboot. After opening a call w/IBM it's now resolved.

As root:

Code:

# lssrc -s portmap
Subsystem         Group            PID          Status
 portmap          portmap          192616       active

Portmap MUST be active for CDE to work correctly.

Code:

#ps -ef|grep dtlogin
root 290992      1   0 10:52:34      -  0:00 /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin
#kill -9 dtlogin PID
#/etc/rc.dt
Starting AIX Windows Desktop..............
#ps -ef|grep dtlogin
root 323718      1   0 10:56:05      -  0:00 /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -daemon

You also have to make sure no rootvg file systems are maxed out on space. In our case a users /home was at 94% which can also cause this error.

Hope this helps!