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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

1926.0. "LKWSETFUL on a 6M V2000 satellite" by MLNCSC::FIORENTINO (El Gringo Latino) Fri Dec 15 1989 11:56


Hello,

A customer has a LAVC running VMS 5.1-1 and decwindows.
There is a satellite V3100 with 8M of memory working ok
and a satellite V2000 with 6M that usually gives some
LKWSETFUL errors during the bootstrap.

I've read that 6M is the minimum memory configuration supported
for a satellite workstation (VMS 5.1 installation guide pag. 2-1) 
against a suggested 8M,  but it should work!

I've spent some time thinking over it and (after many attempts)
I suggested to modify DECW$CHECK_PARAMS.COM (telling him that
this is usually a totally forbidden action):

  $ parameter = "PQL_MWSQUOTA/60/GA,GB,GC"
  $ GoSub CHECK_VAL
  $ parameter = "PQL_MWSDEFAULT/60/GA,GB,GC"
  $ GoSub CHECK_VAL

turned into:

  $ parameter = "PQL_MWSQUOTA/60/GA,GB,GC"
  $ GoSub CHECK_MIN
  $ parameter = "PQL_MWSDEFAULT/60/GA,GB,GC"
  $ GoSub CHECK_MIN

and I told him to increase PQL_MWSQUOTA and PQL_MWSDEFAULT to 
400 and 200 respectively.

Everything's worked fine.

I would like to know if I gave him a right suggestion or if there
is a more simple (and supported) way to have decwindows running on
that system.

Thanks for any answer

Umberto FIORENTINO - TSC Milano Italy -

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1926.1 Sounds like you need an AUTOGEN SMAUG::GARROD An Englishman's mind works best when it is almost too late Sat Dec 16 1989 11:22 9

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1926.1	Sounds like you need an AUTOGEN	SMAUG::GARROD	An Englishman's mind works best when it is almost too late	`Sat Dec 16 1989 11:22`	9
	The right solution is to tell him to make sure that his MODPARAMS.DAT is clean and then run AUTOGEN. AUTOGEN is like magic it knows far more about SYSGEN parameters than 99% of system managers. To cite CW Hobbs: 'If you have more than 5 or 6 of our own lines in MODPARAMS.DAT then you're either a fool or a genius' Dave

    The right solution is to tell him to make sure that his MODPARAMS.DAT
    is clean and then run AUTOGEN. AUTOGEN is like magic it knows far
    more about SYSGEN parameters than 99% of system managers. To cite
    CW Hobbs:
    
    'If you have more than 5 or 6 of our own lines in MODPARAMS.DAT then
     you're either a fool or a genius'
    
    Dave