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

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) skrev den 2015-05-24 22:06:
> In article <55621337$0$29555$c3e8da3$e074e489 at news.astraweb.com>, JF
> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>
>> Something else to try:
>>
>> do not start the decwindows server, only the client environment.
>
> Redirecting the display, logging in (via LAT)  and running DECW$CLOCK
> works fine.
>
>> Telnet to host. SET DISPLAY /transport=TCPIP/node=x.x.x.x then  MC
>> DECW$LOGIN
>
> I guess you mean decw$startlogin.
>
>> This should pop the  decwindows login screen on the target X window
>> terminal.
>
> No, it doesn't.  SHOW SYSTEM shows the same behaviour as happens after I
> do @SYS$MANAGER:DECW$STARTUP RESTART, i.e. processes last for a few
> seconds (running LOGINOUT.EXE) before dying.
>
>> You need to isolate whether the problem lies with the server side (the x
>> terminal) or the client software (CDE etc).
>
> I can display other stuff on graphics monitors on other nodes, but I
> can't bring up the login box (neither locally nor displaying on another
> node).  It's the login box that is the problem.  Also, the reverse of
> the stuff at the top, i.e. running DECW$CLOCK on a 7.3-2 node and
> trying to display on the 8.4 node, brings:
>
> X Toolkit Error: Can't Open display
> %DWT-F-NOMSG, Message number 03AB8204

That message is in SYS$COMMON:[SYSMSG]DECW$DWTMSG.EXE and
translates into "%DWT-F-DWTABORT, xtoolkit fatal error".

Google gives very little on DWTABORT. Some old posts
from 2005...

Jan-Erik.