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

[David Froble]

Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <mjm4oa$iak$1 at dont-email.me>, David Froble
> <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 
> 
>>> Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but I didn't see anything related to 
>>> this.
>>>
>> Repeating myself, but I didn't see anything about you considering this.
>>
>> I don't use DECwindows.  I know nothing specific about it.  However, 
>> I've been known to play around with detached processes.  The SYSGEN 
>> parameters beginning with PQL can sometimes have an effect with detached 
>> processes.  I have to wonder what the process is considered before the 
>> DECwindows login?
> 
> Yes, I will look into this.  I don't want to change one parameter, 
> reboot, see if it works, and so on.  Yes, this would be the BEST way, 
> but take way too long.  First I need a list of parameters which are 
> possibly relevant, with recommended values, and then I'll go on from 
> there.
> 
> The fact that someone else has the same problem hints that there is a 
> problem with the upgrade.
> 
> How many people actually run DECwindows on 8.4 ALPHA?
> 

Get a list of the PQL* SYSGEN parameters from an earlier system disk. 
Then a list from the 8.4 disk.  Compare them.

I don't believe in just trying various things.  That's voodoo, and I 
don't hold with voodoo.

What you need to do is to find out what the problem is.  Now, I could be 
wrong, but I doubt DECwindows requires more of anything on 8.4 than it 
did on earlier versions of VMS.  I doubt anyone has touched the product 
for years.

Actually, if you get the total list of SYSGEN parameters from an earlier 
system disk, and the list from the 8.4 disk, you can compare them for 
lower values on the 8.4 disk.  Even write a program to search for lower 
values.  That's a starting place.

What I'm thinking is the 8.4 distribution has a lower value for 
something than what you had previously.