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Troubleshooting Startup

There are some messages that may appear when starting up the vet system, this chapter explains what they are. Note: This applies only to the vet system - Operating System messages are covered in the OSR 5 manual.

  • Lock file present
  • Jaz/Zip Errors
  • Premvet Files are located
  • Premvet programs are located
  • Backup in Progress
  • In Maintenance Mode
  • Run by root
  • User Licence Exceeded
  • Quit Current Sub-Shell

    • Lock file present 

    Lock file present unable to remove device entry
Lock file present unable to create device entry
    Whenever the vet system starts up it need exclusive access to the file controlling the logged in terminal. To do this it creates a 'lock' file to indicate to other users that they should wait a second or to. It has been noticed under some circumstances this lock file is not being removed.

    If either of these messages occur you should check that there are no users logging on and then remove the file: 

    		 $VETSYS/device.LCK
    (Where $VETSYS is the data directory for premvet 5 e.g. /u/vetdata )

    Jaz/Zip Errors 

    Sorry unable to mount filesystem - check disk is present
Sorry unable to un-mount Jaz disk - will need to handle manually
Sorry cannot find a vet system in xxxxx
Sorry - jaz is mounted - some-one may be using it
    This relate to the Jaz drive. To run Premvet 5 the system must be able to mount/un-mount a filesystem on the Jaz disk, you should ensure that you have permission to access the drive and that a filesystem is present.

    Premvet Files are located 

    Sorry I cannot work out where Premvet files are located.
xxxxxxxxx - is either missing or invalid.

    Check that the data directory specified either on the command line with the -d option or the default entry in /etc/default/vet3000 is correct.

    Premvet programs are located 

    Sorry I cannot work out where Premvet programs are located.
xxxxxx - is either missing or invalid.

    Check that the program directory specified either on the command line with the -s option or the default entry in /etc/default/vet3000 is correct.

    Backup in Progress 

    xxxxxxx exists indicating a backup is in progress at present.
You are not allowed access to the system. Please try later.
    The system can check for backup's in progress - if you think the backup has finished and the error is incorrect you should either:

    In Maintenance Mode 

    The system is currently in maintenance mode."
You are not allowed access to the system. Please try later.
    Someone has the system in Maintenance mode - check who it is.! The lock can be cleared with the -b command option.

    Run by root 

    It is NOT recommended that the Vet System be run by root. If you
must, use vet -r to start up, ensure that you check the file 
permissions in /u/vetdata when finished.
    As the message indicates - don't run the vet system as root.

    User Licence Exceeded 

    	echo "User licence exceeded"
    The number of users you are licenced for has been exceeded. You can check the number by running vet -V.

    Quit Current Sub-Shell 

       Please type 'exit' to quit current sub-shell first
    You have 'shelled' out of Premvet with the function key F6 and are trying to re-run Premvet without quitting the sub-shell first.

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