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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <5564f448$0$21240$e4fe514c at dreader37.news.xs4all.nl>, MG
<marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes: 

> JF Mezei schreef op 26-mei-2015 om 19:25:
> > If the DECW$SERVER process comes up and the screen turns from the VGA
> > character cell console to the grey screen with hourglass mouse icon,
> > then the odds are very good that the graphics card works and has been
> > recognized.
> 
> What is "the grey screen", the uninitialized and 'backgroundless' X11
> stipple pattern... or perhaps something else?

Yes.