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Conference unxa::cde

Title:CDE on Digital UNIXonment - CDE
Notice:CDE on Digital UNIX - for CDE on VMS, please see Note 1.3
Moderator:UNXA::SYSTEM
Created:Tue Nov 23 1993
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:660
Total number of notes:2674

655.0. "Need to move my CDE environment onto a new system..." by FOUNDR::FOX (David B. Fox -- DTN 285-2091) Tue May 27 1997 17:08

    The system that I've been doing all of my testing from is running UNIX
    V4.0b and CDE.  I now need to rotate it out of my testbed and replace
    it with another similarly configured system.  Problem is that I want to
    preserve my CDE environment.  Is there anything documented on what
    files/directories need to be moved to preserve the environment?
    
    	Thanks!
    		David
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655.1$HOME/.dtUNXA::DERZINSKIWed May 28 1997 12:107
Hi,

This all depends on what changes you have made to your environment.
If all the changes were local, than a backup of $HOME/.dt should do.
You may also what backup your $HOME/.dtprofile

John D.
655.2What I've done...DAVIDF::FOXDavid B. Fox -- DTN 285-2091Wed May 28 1997 12:3411
    John,
    	I primarily work out of root and have made some changes to my
    control panel primarily adding sub-panels and installing existing apps
    on them.  I haven't played with .dtprofile at all but will grab a copy
    anyway.
    
    	Where would a global change go?  Are you talking about things in
    /usr/dt/config/C or somewhere in the /usr/dt directory tree?
    
    	Thanks!
    		David
655.3I moved my CDE setup but...DAVIDF::FOXDavid B. Fox -- DTN 285-2091Fri May 30 1997 18:0010
I can't start the appmanager.  The panel green light blinks a bit but the
appmanager selection panel doesn't start up.  What did I do wrong?

I used tar to overwrite the files from my old .dt tree onto the new system's
.dt tree.  Both systems are running UNIX V4.0b installed from the same CD.
I've tried restarting and making sure that the hostnames are the same.  What
else do I need to do?

	Thanks!
		David
655.4All fixed!DAVIDF::FOXDavid B. Fox -- DTN 285-2091Fri May 30 1997 18:236
Found note 316 that described the same problem.  In my case because I'm still
in the process of rotating out the system, I created the directory tree 
that was expected by /.dt/sessions.dtfile.appl as a copy of one of the other
trees in the /var/dt/appconfig/appmanager directory.  Worked like a charm!

	David