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"on -i" hangs when exiting idl
[idl version 2 on sun4-280/sunos 4.1.1 ] My group has a network consisting of many sun-3's and a few sun-4's. IDL is installed on one of the sun-4's, which has been designated as a "compute server" until we've all got sparc's on our desks (I'm not holding my breath :) Anyway, the way I use IDL with this setup is: (from ~/.cshrc) alias idl ' if ($DISPLAY =~ :*) setenv DISPLAY `hostname`$DISPLAY && on -i ceres $IDL_DIR/bin/idl ' ("ceres" is the server...I setenv IDL_DIR in my .login) This usually works fine. However, sometimes after I exit IDL the "on -i" gets hung up. I've watched the rpc.rexd process (on ceres) as I enter and exit IDL; it always goes away, but I don't regain control of my xterm until I "kill -9" on my machine. The worst thing is, it's intermittent. Anybody else have this problem, or a potential fix? Thanks in advance - if posting a reply, please email me a copy, as the newsfeed is erratic lately. -- Alan J.Stein MIT/Lincoln Laboratory alans@ll.mit.edu