[Info-vax] DECwindows over PuTTY

[dlevine at schoolfortomorrow.net]

On Friday, December 13, 2013 12:51:16 PM UTC-5, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> dlevine at schoolfortomorrow.net wrote 2013-12-13 18:47:
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> > On Friday, December 13, 2013 12:44:04 PM UTC-5, johnwa... at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
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> >> On Friday, 13 December 2013 16:52:22 UTC, dle... at schoolfortomorrow.net  wrote:
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> >>> Okay,
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> >>> So, I set up TCP/IP.  I am using PuTTY to SSH to the emulated system.  I am using Xming on Windows 7 as my display.  I am a VMS beginner.  My question is, how do I start DECWindows and make it display on XMing?
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> >>> Thx!
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> >> You could start by telling us important VMS software versions (VMS, TCP).
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> >> Then you could tell us whether DECwindows is already installed, and if so whether you've tried starting it (a graphics device on the emulate VMS box is not necessary).
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> >> You may also find it helpful to tell folks which emulator you're using and how you've configured it wrt networking - this is an important part of doing what you're trying to do - if networking is notworking in this setup, DECwindows will be notworking too.
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> >> If you've got putty/ssh working already that's a good sign.
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> >> Best of luck.
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> > OpenVMS ALPHA 8.4, HP TCP/IP Services version unknown.
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> No, it isn't. :-)
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> $ tcpip sho ver
v5.7