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Title:VAX and Alpha VMS
Notice:This is a new VMSnotes, please read note 2.1
Moderator:VAXAXP::BERNARDO
Created:Wed Jan 22 1997
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:703
Total number of notes:3722

287.0. "AS 500/333 with TGA2 won't start windowing" by SLOVAX::NEWMAN () Wed Mar 05 1997 14:47

    Some time ago I installed OpenVMS 7.1 on my AlphaStation 500/333. Runs
    great even though I don't care for CDE that much.  This has the TGA2 in
    PCI slot  0 8.  I also have Digital UNIX and NT 4.0 running without any
    problems.
    
    Due to our fine friends at CA, I had to install OVMS 6.2-1H3.  I have
    not been able to get the DECwindows to start on 6.2-1H3.  I have
    checked the usually suspects, WINDOWS_SYSTEM=1 and many other places.
    
    I find that when you do the following in DECW$DEVICE_CONFIG_GY.COM 
       $	sysman io auto/sel=(GY*)
       $	if .NOT. f$getdvi("GY","EXISTS") then EXIT
    
    you will exit and the DECW$setup....reports "no Graphics device".
    
    I have search through the patches, installed higher versions of MOTIF
    and still cannot get this to start.
    
    Anyone know what I am missing.
    
    Regards,
    
    Sandy
                                   
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287.1Install Motif/CDE Patches, & Open3D...XDELTA::HOFFMANSteve, OpenVMS EngineeringWed Mar 05 1997 15:479
  (You should be asking this in the BULOVA::DECWINDOWS conference...
  See note 5695.*, etc., over there.)

  There are large DECwindows Motif patch kits that are needed for the
  V1.2-3 and the V1.2-4 releases, and you may (will?) need to install
  the TGA2 drivers from an Open3D kit -- between the two, you should
  be able to get the TGA2 device working on OpenVMS Alpha V6.2-1H3.