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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) skrev den 2015-05-22 08:36:
> 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.

Most PQL's are "D" and can be just changed and saved to the live system.

> 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?
>

Sorry, I have never used DECW at all...

Jan-Erik.