[Info-vax] 8.4 and DECwindows CDE login box not coming up

[Steven Schweda]

   I know nothing, and my XP1000 V8.4 system (upgraded clone
of my main V8.3 system) is probably not patched to current
(even current hobbyist) standards, but around here (where my
New Desktop works):

   Mods in DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM:

$!
$! High-res settings:
$!
$    decw$xsize_in_pixels == "1280"
$    decw$ysize_in_pixels == "1024"
$!
$! Override defaults of 8-bit depth and 70Hz refresh.
$!
$ define /system /executive_mode decw$server_pixel_depth 24
$ define /system /executive_mode decw$server_refresh_rate 75
$!
$ endif
$!
$! Enable the Compose Character key.
$ decw$default_keyboard_map == "US_LK401AA"
$!
$ decw$server_file_limit == "400"
$ decw$server_enqueue_limit == "1024"
$ decw$server_wsdef == "10240"
$ decw$server_wsquota == "16384"
$ decw$server_wsextent == "65536"
$ decw$server_page_file == "1572864"
$!!! decw$server_page_file == "960000"
$!!! decw$server_page_file == "600000"
$!!! decw$server_page_file == "370000"
$!
$ exit


ALP2 $ show memory /file
              System Memory Resources on 19-MAY-2015 18:10:36.42

Swap File Usage (8KB pages):                   Index        Free        Size
  DISK$VMS084ALP2:[SYS0.SYSEXE]SWAPFILE.SYS                                     
                                                   1        4944        4944

Paging File Usage (8KB pages):                 Index        Free        Size
  DISK$VMS084ALP2:[SYS0.SYSEXE]PAGEFILE.SYS                                     
                                                 254      262656      262656
  Total committed paging file usage:                                   19545


   How much of that does anything is open to question. 
That's with an ATI Radeon 7500 (GH) graphics card, and 2GB of
memory.


    MODPARAMS.DAT:

MIN_CHANNELCNT = 4096
MIN_GBLPAGES = 440000
MIN_GBLSECTIONS = 1300
MIN_MAXPROCESSCNT = 512
MIN_WSMAX = 512000


   User quotas shouldn't matter, but for SYSTEM:

Maxjobs:         0  Fillm:      4096  Bytlm:       524288
Maxacctjobs:     0  Shrfillm:      0  Pbytlm:           0
Maxdetach:       0  BIOlm:       150  JTquota:      16384
Prclm:          32  DIOlm:       150  WSdef:        10240
Prio:            4  ASTlm:       512  WSquo:        16384
Queprio:         0  TQElm:       128  WSextent:    262144
CPU:        (none)  Enqlm:      4096  Pgflquo:    2097152


   Also:  I don't know if it affects VMS systems, but, in
general, on a UNIX system, a badly configured network can
prevent an X server from starting properly.

   You're getting no clues in any log files?