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

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$ mc authorize sho system

Username: SYSTEM                           Owner:  SYSTEM MANAGER
Account:  SYSTEM                           UIC:    [1,4] ([SYSTEM])
CLI:      DCL                              Tables: DCLTABLES
Default:  SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]
LGICMD:
Flags:
Primary days:   Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Secondary days:                     Sat Sun
No access restrictions
Expiration:            (none)    Pwdminimum:  8   Login Fails:     0
Pwdlifetime:           (none)    Pwdchange:   1-JAN-2014 13:34
Last Login: 22-MAY-2015 12:53 (interactive), 22-MAY-2015 11:01 (non-interactive)
Maxjobs:         0  Fillm:       128  Bytlm:       256000
Maxacctjobs:     0  Shrfillm:      0  Pbytlm:           0
Maxdetach:       0  BIOlm:       150  JTquota:       4096
Prclm:          10  DIOlm:       150  WSdef:         4096
Prio:            4  ASTlm:       300  WSquo:         8192
Queprio:         0  TQElm:       100  WSextent:     16384
CPU:        (none)  Enqlm:      4000  Pgflquo:     700000
Authorized Privileges:
  ACNT         ALLSPOOL     ALTPRI       AUDIT        BUGCHK       BYPASS
  CMEXEC       CMKRNL       DIAGNOSE     DOWNGRADE    EXQUOTA      GROUP
  GRPNAM       GRPPRV       IMPERSONATE  IMPORT       LOG_IO       MOUNT
  NETMBX       OPER         PFNMAP       PHY_IO       PRMCEB       PRMGBL
  PRMMBX       PSWAPM       READALL      SECURITY     SETPRV       SHARE
  SHMEM        SYSGBL       SYSLCK       SYSNAM       SYSPRV       TMPMBX
  UPGRADE      VOLPRO       WORLD
Default Privileges:
  ACNT         ALLSPOOL     ALTPRI       AUDIT        BUGCHK       BYPASS
  CMEXEC       CMKRNL       DIAGNOSE     DOWNGRADE    EXQUOTA      GROUP
  GRPNAM       GRPPRV       IMPERSONATE  IMPORT       LOG_IO       MOUNT
  NETMBX       OPER         PFNMAP       PHY_IO       PRMCEB       PRMGBL
  PRMMBX       PSWAPM       READALL      SECURITY     SETPRV       SHARE
  SHMEM        SYSGBL       SYSLCK       SYSNAM       SYSPRV       TMPMBX
  UPGRADE      VOLPRO       WORLD