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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

1142.0. "Problem starting DECwindows V2.0 EFT" by VISA::BIJAOUI (Best before November 1989) Thu Jul 20 1989 03:43

    Hello there,
    
    Yesterday I installed VMS V5.2, and DECW V2.0 EFT, and oh surprise,
    although the installation went very fine, all the workstations have got
    DECwindows started fine except mine.
    I have the server process created, but not the other, the login one.
    I attempted to restart DECwindows, and nothing's changed.
    In the accounting file, the process completion status is ACCVIO.
    
    In terms of SYSGEN parameters and so on, my system is conformant to the
    others. Really, I don't understand what's going on. 
    
    Has anybody any suggestions ?
    
    
    Thanx,
    Pierre.
    PS:
    YES ANDY, I WILL QAR IT!

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1142.1Try bumping GBLSECTIONS by 100VMSINT::GUISSORidendo dicere severum...Thu Jul 20 1989 07:2517
    Take a look at your SYSGEN GBLSECTIONS parameter. I had to bump mine
    from 300 to 400 for DECW V2.0 (QAR has been entered). 
    
    Do a conversational boot on your workstation:
    
    >>>B/1 XQ (for VAXstation II or >>> B/1 ES for VAXstar)
    SYSBOOT> SHOW GBLSECTIONS
    SYSBOOT> ...
    SYSBOOT> SET . 400
    SYSBOOT> C
    ......
    
    That solved my problem. Apparently DECW V2.0 needs more GBLSECTIONS
    than earlier versions.
    
    	Lazarus

1142.2Thanx, but it didn't helpVISA::BIJAOUIBest before November 1989Thu Jul 20 1989 08:1731
    Still not working with GBLSECTIONS boosted to 400. Here is the
    accounting record for that process (namely _WSA1:) :
    
DETACHED Process Termination
----------------------------

Username:          SYSTEM            UIC:               [SYSTEM]
Account:           <start>           Finish time:       20-JUL-1989 13:58:00.02
Process ID:        23400037          Start time:        20-JUL-1989 13:57:53.14
Owner ID:                            Elapsed time:                0 00:00:06.88
Terminal name:                       Processor time:              0 00:00:00.78
Remote node addr:                    Priority:          4
Remote node name:                    Privilege <31-00>: 0010C000
Remote ID:                           Privilege <63-32>: 00000000
Queue entry:                         Final status code: 1000000C
Queue name:
Job name:
Final status text: %SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=!XB, virtual

Page faults:              152        Direct IO:                 58
Page fault reads:          13        Buffered IO:               13
Peak working set:         231        Volumes mounted:            0
Peak page file:          3013        Images executed:            1
    
    
    Has anybody any other suggestion ? Any log file to look at (or to
    provide) ?
    
    
    Pierre.

1142.3CSSE32::LESLIEandy ��� leslieThu Jul 20 1989 09:116
    I pushed GBLPAGES up too. Sorry, I'm too far away from LESLIE:: to
    check easily, but will get a copy of my params.dat for you to peruse
    upon request.
    
    ���

1142.4No goVISA::BIJAOUIBest before November 1989Thu Jul 20 1989 09:486
    I raised GBLPAGES up to 50,000 and GBLSECTIONS up to 600. And it still
    doesn't work, after a short appearance, the "_WSA1:" process goes away,
    and leaves a trace in the accounting file with an ACCVIO status.
    
    Pierre.

1142.5WSINT::MCLEMANIt won&#039;t be long now...Thu Jul 20 1989 10:314
re: -1

You don't happen to have a DECW$SERVER_ACCESS_TRUSTED.DAT anywhere, do you?

1142.6check for out-of-date filesSTAR::BMATTHEWSThu Jul 20 1989 10:334
Did you check your system specific root to make sure there are no out-of-date
file there?
						Bill

1142.7That was it !VISA::BIJAOUIBest before November 1989Thu Jul 20 1989 10:4712
    Ah ! That is the good suggestion. Actually, I really thought about his
    one in last, and it was actually the problem. I had an obsolete version
    of DECW$XLIBSHR in my root. Pity it only came out with an ACCVIO
    message, and no trace, but I guess I've been _very_ bad to DECwindows.
    
    
    Thank you all for your help, and sorry to have disturb you for such 
    stupid error.
    
    
    Pierre.

1142.8Should get mismatched id at worstDECWIN::FISHERBurns Fisher 381-1466, ZKO3-4/W23Thu Jul 20 1989 14:306
Yeuch.  That should not have happened.  You should have gotten a mismatch
id.  I wonder if someone forgot to update the id?  Maybe you should QAR it.


Burns

1142.9QAR #0012VISA::BIJAOUIBest before November 1989Fri Jul 21 1989 02:552