[Info-vax] 8.4 and DECwindows CDE login box not coming up
Stephen Hoffman
seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid
Thu May 21 10:30:40 EDT 2015
On 2015-05-21 14:10:42 +0000, Hans Vlems said:
> Phillip, could it be that decwindows is tied to Decnet and fails
> because it doesn't exist?
DECwindows is not tied to DECnet. DECnet has been optional product for
a while; starting with OpenVMS V6.2.
Usual reason for DECwindows startup failures are incorrect process
quotas or incorrect system parameters, an incorrect DECwindows or
system or cluster configuration, system- or process-level file access
problems or file corruptions, hardware errors or unsupported hardware,
or bugs in OpenVMS, in the OpenVMS DECwindows support, or in DECwindows.
Usual path for resolution is working through the installation
requirements and confirming that sufficient resources and quota
settings are configured, verifying the DECwindows-related system
parameters including rationalizing and variously removing the usual
cruft that gets added to MODPARAMS.DAT followed by an AUTOGEN and a
reboot, determining that the DECwindows device-specific resolution and
configuration settings are correct if the device is "soft configured",
then working through the debug-level startup logs looking for any
obvious errors for DECwindows or for other lower-level hardware or
software, then applying patches — patches are obviously not an option
for hobbyists — and/or upgrading to the most current available versions
and applying patches.
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