[Info-vax] VMS 8.4 DECwindows/CDE problem

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <mqb4k3$pb$1 at dont-email.me>, Paul Anderson
<paul.anderson at vmssoftware.com> writes: 

> > A while back, I mentioned that after upgrading from 7.3-2 to 8.4 (a
> > supported upgrade path) on ALPHA (an XP1000), the CDE login box no
> > longer comes up, neither after boot nor when restarting DECwindows
> > by hand.

Just back from travelling (collected some 36-GB SBB disks in Top Gun 
Blue on the way).

> One thing to check is the versions of DECW$LOGINOUT.EXE present on the 
> system.  There should be two:
> 
> 	SYS$COMMON:[CDE$DEFAULTS.SYSTEM.BIN]	CDE (new) desktop
> 	SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]			Motif (old) desktop
> 
> These files should have different creation date/times.

Two files, different dates.