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

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>    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?

I have the impression that the post of Steven Schweda should hold the clue to the solution.

There are certainly some log files to inspect in SYS$MANAGER:
DECW$SERVER_0_ERROR.LOG
DECW$SM.LOG
DECW$STARTUP_0.LOG

And be sure that the global symbol DECW$MAINAPP did not get defined (in a wrong way) in DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM.