Paul, you can IPL CMS even after booting Linux. It's a new IPL anyway. Quitting vi under 3270 is really tricky. I would try a ^z and kill the process.
Mauro http://mauro.limeiratem.com - registered Linux User: 294521 Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God. 2015-01-21 11:09 GMT-02:00 Beesley, Paul <[email protected]>: > <escape> followed by :q! doesn't work. I can't find anything that does. > Obviously vi is unique (in many ways ...) > I don't think you can IPL CMS if you've already booted z/Linux. > > I may have found someone who has SSH access and am waiting for them to try > and kill my vi process. > But it would be useful to know how to get out of this via z/VM for future > occasions! > > Regards and thanks > Paul > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > John McKown > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 12:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Interrupting Linux under z/VM session > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 6:12 AM, Berthold Gunreben <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 12:06:51 +0000 > > "Beesley, Paul" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the tip, I'll try that. > > > Unfortunately it doesn't get me out of my vi session. I think I'm > > > stuck there forever > > > > you might want to try > > > > ^z > > killall vi > > fg > > > > Berthold > > > > I just tried that, vi on Linux/Intel, and the ^z got echoed into the file > I was editing, displaying a ^Z. I can't duplicate the OP's environment, > but I wonder why he can't just do the normal: <escape> followed by ":q!" to > exit vi. > > Sorry for my ignorance of Linux on z under z/VM, but isn't there some way > to use SMSG to send commands to z/Linux? I.e. to send the killall vi > command from a CMS logon? > > > -- > > While a transcendent vocabulary is laudable, one must be eternally careful > so that the calculated objective of communication does not become ensconced > in obscurity. In other words, eschew obfuscation. > > 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > Atos, Atos Consulting, Worldline and Canopy The Open Cloud Company are > trading names used by the Atos group. The following trading entities are > registered in England and Wales: Atos IT Services UK Limited (registered > number 01245534), Atos Consulting Limited (registered number 04312380), > Atos Worldline UK Limited (registered number 08514184) and Canopy The Open > Cloud Company Limited (registration number 08011902). The registered office > for each is at 4 Triton Square, Regent’s Place, London, NW1 3HG.The VAT No. > for each is: GB232327983. > > This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended > solely for the addressee, and may contain confidential or privileged > information. If you receive this e-mail in error, you are not authorised to > copy, disclose, use or retain it. Please notify the sender immediately and > delete this email from your systems. As emails may be intercepted, amended > or lost, they are not secure. Atos therefore can accept no liability for > any errors or their content. Although Atos endeavours to maintain a > virus-free network, we do not warrant that this transmission is virus-free > and can accept no liability for any damages resulting from any virus > transmitted. The risks are deemed to be accepted by everyone who > communicates with Atos by email. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
