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# Troubleshooting guide
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This guide will help you sort out the most common issues of running ITS on the PiDP-10
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This guide will help you sort out the most common issues of running ITS on the PiDP-10.
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Issues covered so far:
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## INQUIR not saving changes
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* [COMSAT is crashing on start](#comsat-is-crashing-on-start)
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through out the document you will see certain special characters mentioned. They are slightly different depending on your keyboard and terminal
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* `$` means the ALT or ESC key
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* `^` means the CTRL or STRG key
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* `<escape>` means the ALT or ESC key in EMACS
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* `<control>` means the Control key in EMACS
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## COMSAT is crashing on start
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Thanks to eswenson for the intial steps here
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In order for INQUIR entries to stick, you must have COMSAT running.
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@@ -27,7 +36,7 @@ Index Uname Jname Sname Status TTY Core Out %Time Time PIs
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Fair Share 99% Totals: 317 0% 1
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Logout time = Lost 0% Idle 98% Null time = 5:07
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```
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As you can see above none of the COMSAT process is running.
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As you can see above none of the COMSAT processes are running.
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There are several reasons why COMSAT may die upon startup The most common are:
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Lets start going through those one by one:
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Type in
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`!`
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Yes, just the exclamation point character. This will replace all instances
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of `DB` with `KA`.
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Now, you are ready to launch `COMSAT`.
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But first, make sure there is no (dead) comsat running, but running `peek$k`
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But first, make sure there is no (dead) comsat running, but running `peek^k`
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Look for any job with the UNAME COMSAT (and the JNAME IV). If you find one,
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kill the job by typing:
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