[Info-vax] DECWindow on OVMS 8.3

[JF Mezei]

supervinx wrote:

> I created Xaccess.txt file from template, configured xdm to start at 
> boot, started font server and done xset fp+ from the Linux side, created 
> Xauthority, trusted and allowed for X11.
> Can telnet to port 6000.
> Still no activity. Sometimes, a cross mouse pointer appears on the black 
> screen..

I noticed in HELP tyat VMS has XPROXYMANAGER  Not sure exactly whate it
does. but Help XPROMYMANAGER might be of use to you.

I spend large number of hours trying to get XDM to work, to no avail.

I ended up doing

$set disp/create/exec/transport=tcpip/node=xxx
$run/proc=session sys$system:decw$session


This creates a detached preocess that runs the decwindows session
manager onto your display. Bypasses the XDM stuff.

You can use remote shell or other mechanism to trigger this command so
it pops the stuff onto your linux workstation.

What you can do is do the display/create in your ystem startup and add:
$DEFINE/SYSTEM DECW$DISPLAY 'f$trnlnm("DECW$DISPLAY")

What the above does is translate the local (process) logical name that
points to the permanent WSAx: device and then creates the system wide
logical that points to it.

This means that the device can get re=used and always exists.