[Info-vax] Decwindows Motif V1.1 kit

[Paul Hardy]

Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2019-05-27 18:10:02 +0000, Paul Hardy said:
> 
>> I do have one odd problem, in that all works fine with Motif when 
>> logged on as System, but when I log on as a group 100 user, the window 
>> manager doesn’t start...
> 
> That was fairly common back then, and figuring out the particular cause 
> was one of the bits of "fun" with running old software.
> File protections were one trigger.  There were a number of other causes 
> identified over the years.
> Patches and newer versions fixed most of the cases I'm aware of.  Check 
> the X server logs for related details.
> Or run more current DECwindows software.  Motif remains available in 
> the most current DECwindows releases.
> 
The problem with more recent DECWindows such as CDE is that it allocates
colours at both top and bottom of the hardware colour table, and hence the
application software can not allocate sufficient graphics planes for its
requirements. Motif V1.1 only allocates colours at one end, so the app can
still use a contiguous set of planes.

X server logs don’t seem to have anything interesting. I plan to enable
accounting and look at the finishing status of detached processes.

Any other ideas welcomed. 

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