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

[Hans Vlems]

Op maandag 25 mei 2015 11:39:48 UTC+2 schreef johnwa... at yahoo.co.uk:
> On Monday, 25 May 2015 09:57:35 UTC+1, Simon Clubley  wrote:
> > On 2015-05-25, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, as I said, I know nothing... :-)
> > >
> > 
> > Well, _I_ know you are hosting Eurovision next year. Have fun. :-)
> > 
> > >
> > > I'd also try a fresh 8.4 install on a clean scratch disk
> > > on the same system just to verify the hardware.
> > >
> > 
> > And this is the serious point which needs making.
> > 
> > Phillip, you have now spent so much time on this that this is the
> > only reasonable course of action to take.
> > 
> > At this point, this is _exactly_ what I would have done by now.
> > 
> > Simon.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
> > Microsoft: Bringing you 1980s technology to a 21st century world
> 
> Don't forget that somewhere in this saga, Phillip has recently
> revealed that ACCOUNTING shows a number of potentially relevant
> processes terminating with status of EXQUOTA. But he hasn't chosen
> to provide the actual accounting details which would identify
> processes and (hopefully) quotas involved. They might lead nowhere
> anyway; faultfinding's like that sometimes.
> 
> The underlying problem might be hardware, it might not. A quick
> test can be a useful test, if it rules something in or out, so
> maybe a fresh reinstall would usefully prove the hardware is or
> isn't OK in these respects with 8.4. 
> 
> With the limited quantity of information here about what Phillip
> can actually see (rather than what he imagines it means), we are
> all somewhat in the dark, Phillip included.

Quite right. These are from an 8.4 system with DECwindows functional:

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:  17-JUN-2005 19:47
Last Login: 25-MAY-2015 10:26 (interactive), 25-MAY-2015 11:52 (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:         6000
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