[Info-vax] Process quota problem after upgrade to 8.4-2L1

[Joukj]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2020-12-21 09:26:10 +0000, Joukj said:
> 
>> I recently upgraded my alpha's from OpenVMS 8.4 to 8.4-2L1. Everything 
>> was fine and all the satelites came up smoothly with Decwindows running.
>> After some days I had to reboot a satelite, but it appears that is 
>> booting correctly, but has problems to get the Decwindow-login screen 
>> on the display. It continues retrying, but every time it fails.
>> ...
>> Final status text: %SYSTEM-F-EXQUOTA, process quota exceeded
>> ...
>> Can someone get me some hints how to solve this problem?
> 
> Check the PQL minimum parameter settings, check the current SYSTEM 
> quotas from a fresh OpenVMS install and also check those quotas against 
> current DECwindows requirements, and then failing that incrementally 
> double each of the pooled process quotas (BYTLM, ENQLM, FILLM, 
> PGFLQUOTA, PRCLM, TQELM) until it starts working again.
> 
> OpenVMS upgrades and DECwindows upgrades don't raise user quotas to any 
> newly-applied minimums that might have gotten shipped.
> 
> ~Forty years in, we're also prolly not going to see better logging 
> implemented within $creprc, or see $creprc switching to the 
> long-available quota-specific errors due to "compatibility", either.
> 
playing around with the quota, did not yet give anny solution to the 
problem.

However, I was able to start the "Old" desktop.
So the decw-server seems to startup correctly

What do I need to track problems in the "new" (or CDE) desktop?