Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

2920.0. "set display creates invalid WSA device" by TINCUP::KOLBE (The dilettante debutante) Tue Jun 12 1990 19:47

    I'm having a problem with the set display command. I start two sessions
    with autostart that use the command file below. The first window that
    comes up works fine. The second window, and any subsequent windows, have
    invalid WSA devices. I use this same procedure with a submit/remote to
    create sessions on my boot node and they work fine and get valid WSA
    devices.

    When I do a show log DECW$DISPLAY I'll get back a value  but a show
    device WSA will not list it. The window this creates works like a
    DECterm while the first window that comes up, with the valid WSA
    device, works fine as a DW window. The other valid WSA device in the
    example I show is attached to a DECtse window which always seems to
    work even thought it just does a create/term.

    Is there a sysgen parameter or some other control that determines how
    many WSA devices I can create? Why don't I get an error message
    instead of a phoney device? liesl
    
   "DECW$DISPLAY" = "_WSA10:" (LNM$JOB_8043F610)

Device                  Device           Error
 Name                   Status           Count
WSA0:                   Offline              0
WSA1:                   Online               0
WSA8:                   Online               0
    

$!
$ set verify
$ def sys$print nl:
$!
$ set display/create/node=xaipe
$ wait 0:0:10
$!
$ node = f$getsyi("nodename")
$!
$ x_position = 0
$!
$ if node .eqs. "GLDCMP" then x_position = 56
$ if node .eqs. "PITKIN" then x_position = 86
$!
$ create/term 	-
    /detach	-
    /wind=(title="''node'",	-
    	   x_position='x_position',	-
    	   rows=35,		-
	   icon="''node'")
$!

    Well, we found it. The /EXEC was not used on the set display and this
    caused the problem. liesl