[Info-vax] Decwindows Motif V1.1 kit

[John E. Malmberg]

On 5/28/2019 4:58 PM, Paul Hardy wrote:
> 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.

The CDE variant default is an install time option.

You can also change your mind on the default after the install according 
to the DecWindows-Motif documentation.

You can also have it as an option to be checked on login.

Regards,
-John
wb8tyw at qsl.net_work