[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.

Thinking AUTHORIZE, could it be that an account that is used by DECwindows
has an access restriction (e.g. for batch) applied or a flag set to, say,
DISUSER?