[Info-vax] XWindows Client

Thu Jan 21 13:08:17 EST 2010

Jerry Alan Braga mentioned  on 21-1-2010 18:21:
> ok I get something now.  If I replace the netbck with my server I can
> keep the icon in the system tray but it is not responsive. This is what
> is in the %tmp%\Xmin.log file
>
> Welcome to the Xming X Server
> Vendor: Colin Harrison
> Release: 6.9.0.31
> FreeType2: 2.3.4
> Contact: http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=156984
>
> Xming :0 -multiwindow -clipboard -ac -fp tcp/stimpy:7100
> -nodecoration +bs -wm -dpi 100 -multimonitors -xkbmodel pc105
>
> XdmcpRegisterConnection: newAddress 10.73.10.201
> (++) FontPath set to "tcp/stimpy:7100"
> winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per
> pixel
> winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1920 height: 1200
> depth: 32
> winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 24
> bpp 32
> glWinInitVisuals:1596: glWinInitVisuals
> glWinInitVisualConfigs:1503: glWinInitVisualConfigs
> glWinSetVisualConfigs:1581: glWinSetVisualConfigs
> init_visuals:1055: init_visuals
> null screen fn ReparentWindow
> null screen fn RestackWindow
> InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init
> InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned
> InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init
> InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned
> winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello
> winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock ()
> winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello
> winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock ()
> glWinScreenProbe:1390: glWinScreenProbe
> fixup_visuals:1303: fixup_visuals
> init_screen_visuals:1336: init_screen_visuals
> (--) 3 mouse buttons found
> (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31
> (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "00000409" (00000409)
> (--) Using preset keyboard for "English (USA)" (409), type "4"
> (++) XKB: model: "pc105"
>
>
> "Wilm Boerhout" <wboerhout.no at spam.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4b588902$0$14129$703f8584 at textnews.kpn.nl...
>> Jerry Alan Braga mentioned on 21-1-2010 17:15:
>>> this is not work for me, this is what I get in Xming.log
>>>
>>> Welcome to the Xming X Server
>>> Vendor: Colin Harrison
>>> Release: 6.9.0.31
>>> FreeType2: 2.3.4
>>> Contact: http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=156984
>>>
>>> Xming was started with the following command line...
>>> Xming :0 -multiwindow -clipboard -ac -fp tcp/netbck:7100
>>> -nodecoration +bs -wm -dpi 100 -multimonitors -xkbmodel pc105
>>> -nolisten inet
>>>
>>> ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens
>>> winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1920 h 1200
>>> winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning
>>> _XSERVTransTransNoListen: unable to find transport: inet6
>>>
>>> Fatal server error:
>>> Failed to disable listen for inet6 transport
>>> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
>>>
>>>
>>> "Wilm Boerhout" <wboerhout at gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:c3f711fa-a0c6-4d8e-a81f-fbaf1cf30865 at j14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>> On 21 jan, 15:44, "Jerry Alan Braga" <jerry.br... at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> that email account is a bogus account, can you post the file here, I
>>>>> believe
>>>>> that is is just a text file.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Wilm Boerhout" <wboerhout... at spam.gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>
>>>>> news:4B55DEE6.9010001 at spam.gmail.com...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > Jerry Alan Braga mentioned on 18-1-2010 14:35:
>>>>> >> Do you start a program or not, and if so what is the syntax?
>>>>>
>>>>> >> "Wilm Boerhout" <wboerhout... at spam.gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> >>news:4b508f3a$0$14119$703f8584 at textnews.kpn.nl...
>>>>> >>> Jerry Alan Braga mentioned on 15-1-2010 15:05:
>>>>> >>>> thanks for xMing, I downloaded but do not understand how to get
>>>>> it >>>> to
>>>>> >>>> work
>>>>>
>>>>> >>>> "Wilm Boerhout" <wboerhout... at spam.gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> >>>>news:4b5016b2$0$14119$703f8584 at textnews.kpn.nl...
>>>>> >>>>> Jerry Alan Braga mentioned on 14-1-2010 19:53:
>>>>> >>>>>> Currently I am using Excursion 7.3.189 to connect my Alpha
>>>>> Cluster
>>>>> >>>>>> boxes
>>>>> >>>>>> using the New Desktop model and everything works fine. We have
>>>>> >>>>>> added
>>>>> >>>>>> some CentOS linux boxes and I would like to connect to them as
>>>>> >>>>>> well. My
>>>>> >>>>>> question is, can I use Excursion to connect to these boxes and
>>>>> if >>>>>> so
>>>>> >>>>>> how, and if I cannot what client (free if around) can work
>>>>> with >>>>>> both
>>>>> >>>>>> openVMS 8.3 alpha and linux CentOS boxes.
>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Google for xMing. It is a fine, modern X display server that
>>>>> also
>>>>> >>>>> works with VMS clients.
>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> /Wilm
>>>>>
>>>>> >>> Hmm, "intuitive" should be the word. After installation, you
>>>>> run >>> the
>>>>> >>> executable image. The dialog helps you to configure your display
>>>>> >>> server (for Windows, use the "multiple windows" mode), and you can
>>>>> >>> save the config to an .xlaunch file, that you can use afterwards.
>>>>>
>>>>> >>> For optimal results, use the remote font server option in Xming to
>>>>> >>> point to a VMS server with DECwindows Motif installed, and enable
>>>>> the
>>>>> >>> font server on that VMS system. This will ensure that all VMS
>>>>> >>> client
>>>>> >>> apps use the familiar fonts.
>>>>>
>>>>> >>> The Help for Xming should explain it all...
>>>>>
>>>>> > After installing Xming, you can run Xming.exe. This is your display
>>>>> > server, and now using default settings. It will signal its presence
>>>>> by > an
>>>>> > icon in your system tray. Right clicking the icon will give you
>>>>> access > to,
>>>>> > among others, the Help area.
>>>>>
>>>>> > If the default settings do not please you (and for VMS clients,
>>>>> they > most
>>>>> > likely won't), you can start the Xlaunch wizard. At completion of
>>>>> the
>>>>> > wizard, you save the settings as an *.Xlaunch file. The Xlaunch >
>>>>> extension
>>>>> > is associated with Xming.exe, so clicking the saved file will
>>>>> start a
>>>>> > display server with the saved settings.
>>>>>
>>>>> > I'll send you my VMS.xlaunch file by separate mail.
>>>>>
>>>>> > /Wilm- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven -
>>>>>
>>>>> - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven -
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, save the following as text, rename to *.xlaunch, and Robert's
>>>> your father's brother.
>>>>
>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>>>> <XLaunch
>>>> xmlns="http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes"
>>>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>>>> xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes
>>>> XLaunch.xsd"
>>>> WindowMode="MultiWindow"
>>>> ClientMode="NoClient"
>>>> Display="0"
>>>> Clipboard="true"
>>>> NoAccessControl="true"
>>>> FontServer="netbck"
>>>> ExtraParams="-nodecoration +bs -wm -dpi 100 -multimonitors -xkbmodel
>>>> pc105 -nolisten inet6"
>>>> />
>>>>
>>>> /Wilm
>>>
>>
>> Maybe it's because you have the free version of Xming, and I paid for
>> it. Try it without the "-nolisten inet" phrase.
>>
>> /Wilm
>

Yeah sorry, text sometines wraps. the pc105 is part of the xkbmodel 
string, it should all be on one line.

If the icon just sits there, it means your X display server is working.

You now need to send something there from your VMS clients. I always use 
(on the VMS X display client system):

$ tcpip ping <your Xming node>

This is just to verify that the network is OK, then

$ set disp /cre /node=<your Xming node> /transp=tcpip
$ mc decw$clock

You should see a small window with the DECwindows clock in it.

Then:

$ cre/term /det

Should get you an Xterm window

NOTE: the name "netbck" is a local Alpha system name on my network that 
runs an X font server. Delete the FontServer="netbck" phrase or replace 
with your own font server

/Wilm