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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

855.0. "DECwindows startup problem" by 24588::COOLIDGE () Tue May 30 1989 16:23

	I have a MIVC running VMS V5.1-1 on an 8550 with DECwindows
	V5.1 installed. When a satellite boots into the cluster, I
	I get a movable arrow but DECwindows does not come up. During
	the installation I received no errors and I can see none 
	during the DECwindows startup process. The WINDOW_SYSTEM
	parameter is set to 1.

	Once the node is up I can log in either via DECNET or the 
	LAT and all seems well. The startup process starts only one
	process, DECW$SERVER_0. I also get another process called
	"_WSA1" that seems to be running LOGINOUT.EXE forever. This
	sounds alot like a problem noted before (note 226) but I am
	only running LN03's over LTAn devices and the windows don't
	come up even if the LAT devices are not created. The .LOG
	files are empty after startup.

	So, thats where I stand right now. Any help would be appreciated.

	BTW, I am also running DECwrite and DECdecision. They seem to
	load ok but without the windows I don't know for sure.

				Thanks...
				  George

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
855.1	Check GBLPAGE and GBLSECT	STAR::BRANDENBERG	Si vis pacem para bellum	`Tue May 30 1989 16:29`	2

855.2	RE .1	OLDTMR::COOLIDGE		`Tue May 30 1989 16:43`	4
	The system is a VSII/GPX with 9 meg of memory. It currently has 78 free GBLSECTS and 4058 free GBLPAGES. I don't recall seeing a recomended minimum. Are these too low?
855.3		STAR::BRANDENBERG	Si vis pacem para bellum	`Tue May 30 1989 16:56`	5
	Those should be fine. Log into the system account on one of these nodes and create a display device: "set disp/cre/trans=local/node=0" and then run some random decw application such a decw$clock. What is the result?
855.4	seems fine now...	OLDTMR::COOLIDGE		`Wed May 31 1989 08:21`	13
	I ran both clock and calendar, both with the same result. There appeared to be no activity. Viewing the process from another terminal, the original process was running the image and in the LEF state. Then everything hung. A CTRL Y cleared that and then the windows appeared. I have since autogened and rebooted and all seems fine. I don't have the time right now, but will add a couple more clients and see what happens this afternoon. I'm not sure what happened but thanks for your quick responses and help. george
855.5		DECWIN::FISHER	Burns Fisher 381-1466, ZKO3-4/W23	`Wed May 31 1989 11:58`	8
	If it happens again, please check the state of the server. Also, might there have been some operator-console messages on your workstation screen? If so, try CTRL/F2 to clear them and let the server take over the screen again. Burns