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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

3355.0. "Trying to startup DEC Windows" by ODIXIE::BEARDMORE (Doug Beardmore. Jupiter, Florida - U.S.A.) Tue Sep 18 1990 13:43

    I am trying to startup DEC Windows on a VAX Station 3540.
    
    I restored a system image from another VAX Station 3100, and set
    the SYSGEN parameter WINDOW_SYSTEM = 1, and rebooted.
    
    DEC Windows never came up. 
    
    There was a message during startup that it could not find GBBDRIVER.EXE.
    
    I am running VMS 5.4-4f4.
    
    Does this sound familiar??
    
    DOUG (*) DTN-392-4713

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3355.1		DECWIN::FISHER	Locutus: Fact or Fraud?	`Tue Sep 18 1990 14:42`	7
	Maybe it was missing GBBDRIVER? :-) All I can say is that a VS3100 would use either GA, GC, or GE (regular color, mono, or SPX). The 3540 (Firefox) requires GB. If someone cleaned up the 3100 to remove file that it did not require, that might do it. Burns
3355.2	Upgrade that FT software!	MS3100::SCHELL	Mark Schell, Sls Support, 367-4040	`Wed Sep 19 1990 23:36`	10
	re: .0 You also might try upgrading to a "known" version of VMS 5.4 - like the SSB version, which should be available on the net near you... This would probably fix both the "missing" file problem, and get you to a supported state... Mark