[Info-vax] VMS 8.4 DECwindows/CDE problem

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <mqssk0$c9j$1 at dont-email.me>, Paul Anderson
<paul.anderson at vmssoftware.com> writes: 

> >> 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.
> 
> We recently ran into a system that had the CDE version of 
> DECW$LOGINOUT.EXE in both the CDE and Motif directories.  This caused a 
> looping of the WSAn: process, and the repeated appearance of the 
> hourglass on the screen.
> 
> This sounded like your symptom, but apparently the misplaced file is not 
> your problem.

Indeed, but:

Directory SYS$COMMON:[CDE$DEFAULTS.SYSTEM.BIN]

DECW$LOGINOUT.EXE;1
                         350   7-APR-2010 18:12:23.33   7-APR-2010 18:13:54.21

Total of 1 file, 350 blocks.

Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]

DECW$LOGINOUT.EXE;1
                         401   7-APR-2010 17:35:12.32   7-APR-2010 17:35:15.69

Total of 1 file, 401 blocks.

Grand total of 2 directories, 2 files, 751 blocks.