[Info-vax] Decwindows display

[Jeffrey H. Coffield]

Bradford Hamilton wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I don't run X that often, but when I tried this morning, I noticed I didn't
> have a display:
> 
> $ show display
> %DECW-W-OPENIN, error opening DECW$DISPLAY as input
> -SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available
> $ 
> 
> Just for fun, I restarted the DECW startup file, and even rebooted; still no
> luck.
> 
> I know I've used X successfully since the beginning of the year.  I'm running
> Alpha V8.3 with the following recent patches (VMS):
> 
> RABBIT::SYSTEM$ product show history/sin=1-jan
> ------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --- -----------
> PRODUCT                              KIT TYPE    OPERATION   VAL DATE
> ------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --- -----------
> DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_UPDATE V8.0        Patch       Install     Val 08-MAR-2009
> DEC AXPVMS DNVOSIECO03 V8.3          Patch       Install     Val 01-MAR-2009
> DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_ACRTL V5.0         Patch       Install     Val 28-FEB-2009
> DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_SYS V10.0          Patch       Install     Val 27-FEB-2009
> DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_SHADOWING V2.0     Patch       Install     Val 21-FEB-2009
> ------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --- -----------
> 5 items found
> RABBIT::SYSTEM$ 
> 
> and TCPWare V5.8-2:
> 
>                                | DRIVERS_V582P    |  5.0    | 16-FEB-2009 | S   
>   | NA    | RABBIT | SYSTEM             
>                                | SSH_V582P        |  2.0    | 22-FEB-2009 | S   
>   | NA    | RABBIT | SYSTEM             
> 
> I have UPDATE 9, but I'm not installing it until next month, unless I have a
> compelling reason to do so.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this?  I suspect the patches, because those are the only
> things changed on my system recently.

You need to create the display by using

$ SET DISPLAY/CREATE/NODE=<remote node>/TRANS=<tcpip or decnet>

Jeff Coffield
www.digitalsynergyinc.com