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| Title: | DECWINDOWS |
| Notice: | DECwindows Motif V1.2-4 SSB kits: note 5519 |
| Moderator: | GRIM::MESSENGER |
|
| Created: | Wed Nov 28 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5861 |
| Total number of notes: | 24081 |
5807.0. "CDE/open3d/AS 255/No login box" by VAXRIO::MAURO () Tue Mar 18 1997 11:14
Hi,
I have the configuration that follows:
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$GETSYI("HW_NAME")
AlphaStation 255/300
$ SH DEV/FULL GYA0
Device GYA0:, device type DECwindows output device, is online, record-oriented
device, carriage control, shareable.
Error count 0 Operations completed 94
Owner process "" Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
Owner process ID 00000000 Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G:RWPL,W:RWPL
Reference count 1 Default buffer size 80
$ MCR SYSMAN
SYSMAN> IO SHOW BUS
%SYSMAN-I-OUTPUT, command execution on node VTPP05
_Bus__________Node_TR#__Name____________Base CSR__________
PCI 48 2 PCI/SCSI FFFFFFFF84B72000
XBUS 0 4 Mouse FFFFFFFF84BAC000
XBUS 1 4 Keyboard FFFFFFFF84BAC000
XBUS 2 4 Serial Port FFFFFFFF84BAC000
XBUS 3 4 Serial Port FFFFFFFF84BAC000
XBUS 4 4 Parallel Port FFFFFFFF84BAC000
XBUS 5 4 Floppy FFFFFFFF84BAC000
ISA 2 3 Sound Adapter FFFFFFFF84BAC000
PCI 104 2 PCI/Graphics FFFFFFFF84B7A000
PCI 112 2 PCI/NI FFFFFFFF84B7C000
PAL Code 5.56
Console Vers V6.3-5
I'm not able to get the CDE login box after a normal boot. I get a black
screen. I only access this Station using the systartup_vms.com below:
$ ty systartup_vms.com
$ on error then continue
$ sysmanio = "$sysman io"
$ define /system/exec sys$sylogin sys$manager:sylogin
$ start/queue/manager
$ start/queue sys$batch
$ define decw$ignore_decnet true
$ define decw$ignore_decwindows true
$ @sys$manager:startnet
$ exit
After this boot I start the Motif and again get a Black screen in the console.
If you check all the informations I have below, you'll see that I have the
DECW$SERVER, DTLOGIN and DTGREET process created, I'm able to set a display
(DECnet) and run the ICO example (nothing happens in the console), I have a
empty DECW$LOGIN.LOG file and the DECW$SERVER_0_ERROR.LOG file without error.
I already checked sysgen parameter, licenses, softwares and other stuffs,
and I didn't see an obvious problem (I think so!). My main doubt is if
is correctly installed and exactly what I need to get an Alphastation 255/300
with Motif working properly.
It's a FIS equipment and since the customer got and installed it the problem
exist.
If you have any suggestion about tests or procedures to troubleshooting what
is going on, will be very welcome.
I posted this notes in the OPEN3D and ALPHASTATION conference.
Thanks, Mauro.
$
$ PRODUCT SHOW PRODUCT *
PRODUCT
-------
DEC AXPVMS DWMOTIF V1.2-4
DEC AXPVMS SWXCR V2.0
DEC AXPVMS VMS V6.2-1H3
$ SH LICENSE
Active licenses on node VTPP05:
------- Product ID -------- ---- Rating ----- -- Version --
Product Producer Units Avail Activ Version Release Termination
MMOV-RT DEC 100 100 0 0.0 (none) (none)
NET-APP-SUP-150 DEC 1050 H 0 0.0 (none) (none)
OPEN3D DEC 1050 H 0 0.0 (none) (none)
OPENVMS-ALPHA DEC 12 0 A 0.0 (none) (none)
OPENVMS-ALPHA-ADL DEC 100 0 100 0.0 (none) (none)
$ DIR SYS$HELP:OPEN*
Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSHLP]
OPEN3D035.RELEASE_NOTES;1 OPEN3D035_RELEASE_NOTES.PS;1
Adapter Configuration:
----------------------
TR Adapter Name (Address) Hose Bus Node Device Name HW-Id/SW
-- ---------------------- ---- ----------- ---- ---------------- --------
1 KA0D02 (80DBCA00) 0 BUSLESS_SYS
2 PCI (80DBCC00) 0 PCI
PKA: 6 NCR53C810 00011000
7 SATURN 04848086
GYA: 13 TGA2 000D1011
EWA: 14 TULIP 00021011
* From SYSGEN
Parameter Name Current Default Min. Max. Unit Dynamic
-------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- -------
VIRTUALPAGECNT 525000 65536 2048 4194304 Pagelets
GBLSECTIONS 1000 250 80 3276 Sections
GBLPAGES 163994 30720 10240 -1 Pagelets
GBLPAGFIL 1024 128 32 -1 Pages
NPAGEDYN 1851392 1048576 163840 -1 Bytes
PAGEDYN 1605632 212992 65536 -1 Bytes
SWPOUTPGCNT 512 512 0 -1 Pagelets D
MAXBUF 10000 8192 4096 64000 Bytes D
CHANNELCNT 256 256 31 65535 Channels
PROCSECTCNT 64 32 5 1024 Sections
WSMAX 65536 4096 1024 1048576 Pagelets
WINDOW_SYSTEM 1 0 0 2 Pure-numbe D
GH_RES_CODE 1024 512 0 2048 Pages
GH_RSRVPGCNT 512 0 0 2048 Pages
IMGREG_PAGES 3000 600 0 10000 Pages
PQL_MENQLM 300 4 -1 -1 Locks D
PQL_MWSDEFAULT 1376 512 -1 -1 Pagelets
PQL_MWSQUOTA 2752 1024 -1 -1 Pagelets D
PQL_MWSEXTENT 65536 2048 -1 -1 Pagelets D
PQL_MPGFLQUOTA 32768 2048 -1 -1 Pagelets D
PQL_MASTLM 100 4 -1 -1 Ast D
PQL_MBIOLM 100 4 -1 -1 I/O D
PQL_MDIOLM 100 4 -1 -1 I/O D
PQL_MPRCLM 10 0 -1 -1 Processes D
PQL_MFILLM 100 2 -1 -1 Files D
PQL_MBYTLM 100000 1024 -1 -1 Bytes D
$ @SYS$STARTUP:DECW$STARTUP RESTART
Shared linkage sections are in use on this system and images will not
be reinstalled. If you are restarting DECwindows to reinstall images
then you must reboot the system.
Restarting the DECwindows Software stops everything displaying on your
workstation. Do you really want to restart the DECwindows Software? YES
Restarting DECwindows Software, server 0. Please wait.
%RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 00000114
$ SH DISPLA
%DECW-W-OPENIN, error opening DECW$DISPLAY as input
-SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available
$ SH LOG DECW$SERVER_TRANSPORTS/TABLE=DECW$SERVER0_TABLE
"DECW$SERVER_TRANSPORTS" = "DECNET" (DECW$SERVER0_TABLE)
= "LOCAL"
$ SET DISPLAY/CREAT/NODE=VTPP05/TRANSP=DECNET
$ SH DISPLAY
Device: WSA3: [super]
Node: VTPP05
Transport: DECNET
Server: 0
Screen: 0
$ RUN DECW$EXAMPLES:ICO
VTPP05::SYSTEM 09:27:19 ICO CPU=00:00:05.11 PF=1236 IO=15046 MEM=186
VTPP05::SYSTEM 09:27:24 ICO CPU=00:00:07.28 PF=1236 IO=22712 MEM=186
VTPP05::SYSTEM 09:27:28 ICO CPU=00:00:08.97 PF=1236 IO=28773 MEM=186
VTPP05::SYSTEM 09:27:32 ICO CPU=00:00:10.78 PF=1236 IO=34851 MEM=186
VTPP05::SYSTEM 09:27:40 ICO CPU=00:00:14.09 PF=1236 IO=46329 MEM=186
* From SHOW SYSTEM
0000010F REMACP HIB 9 18 0 00:00:00.02 34 21
00000115 DECW$SERVER_0 HIB 8 72440 0 00:00:21.29 664 1037
00000116 DTLOGIN LEF 5 131 0 00:00:00.23 229 288
00000117 DTGREET LEF 6 236 0 00:00:01.67 445 528 S
$ TY DECW$LOGIN.LOG
$
$ TY DECW$SERVER_0_ERROR.LOG;2
18-MAR-1997 09:49:51.7 Hello, this is the X server
This is the DECwindows X11 display server for OpenVMS AXP T6.2-950505
compiled on May 5 1995 at 04:29:36
Main address = 00032388
Activating extension image DECW$SVEXT_Adobe_DPS_Extension,
extension name: Adobe-DPS-Extension, entry address 002D82A8
Activating extension image DECW$SVEXT_Xie,
extension name: Xie, entry address 0045A690
Activating extension image DECW$SVEXT_DEC_XTRAP,
extension name: DEC-XTRAP, entry address 0052C560
Activating extension image DECW$SVEXT_Multi_Buffering,
extension name: Multi-Buffering, entry address 0056E0E0
Activating extension image DECW$SVEXT_X3D_PEX,
extension name: X3D-PEX, entry address 00622290
Activating extension image DECW$SVEXT_glx,
extension name: glx, entry address 006E4190
Activating extension image DECW$SVEXT_decstereo,
extension name: decstereo, entry address 00776058
DECW$TRANSPORT_COMMON image base address: 7EDC4000
DECW$TRANSPORT_DECNET image base address: 007BA000
%DECW-I-ATTACHED, transport DECNET attached to its network
DECW$TRANSPORT_LOCAL image base address: 008A8000
DECWINDOWS DigitalEquipmentCorp. AXP, Release 6.2
Shareable Image DDX GY, InitOutput loaded at 008ED8D0
ffbvmsScreenInit: Init FFB screen number 0
Screen 0 sfb+/TGA revision # 2079260706 8 bits/pixel 2039232 bytes VRAM
DEC-XTRAP: AddExtension assigned Major Opcode '137'
DEC-XTRAP: Vers. 3.3-0 successfully loaded
N_InitLGI : MHEAD_LGI flag is enabled
N_InitLGI : Init SFBPLUS
shared library DECW$SERVER_DDX_GY sucessfully loaded.
SFBPLUS : N_InitMicrocode
OptionTable Contents (file: SYS$MANAGER:DECW$XSERVER_O3D.CONF)
Export24BitDoubleBufferVisualOnZLXE = "False"
GL Extension initialized
Build Date and Source Tree:
DEC:PKO:O3D:3.4.0:V32_SSB:3.4.0:09:18:96:OSF1:V3.2.148:CC::OPT::
Wed Sep 18 16:35:20 EDT 1996
/src/a1/sep18G_V32_SSB_pvgopt_clients/src
18-MAR-1997 09:49:56.1 Calling the dispatcher...
$
| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 5807.1 | | GRIM::MESSENGER | Bob Messenger | Tue Mar 18 1997 16:47 | 9 |
| DECwindows doesn't start after a normal boot because you're defining
decw$ignore_decwindows in systartup_vms.com. What happens if you remove
that logical name definition and reboot the system?
The other thing I'd be interested in knowing is if you get any error
messages displayed if you start DECwindows using "@SYS$MANAGER:DECW$STARTUP"
instead of "@SYS$MANAGER:DECW$STARTUP RESTART".
-- Bob
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| 5807.2 | DECW$STARTUP without RESTART... | VAXRIO::MAURO | | Wed Mar 19 1997 07:16 | 26 |
| Perhaps I didn't explain very weel what is going on. The systartup_vms
you saw in .0, was created for us to make the system bootable. The idea
is don't start the decwindows in the boot, since when we try it with
original systartup_vms that comes with VMS the boot stops with a black
screen.
After the boot with the decw$ignore_decwindows defined the idea was to
start decwindows manualy. I tried the DECW$STARTUP without RESTART and:
$ @sys$startup:decw$startup
Number of screens: 1
Screen devices and order: GYA0
%RUN-S-PROC_ID, identification of created process is 0000011F
0000011F DECW$SERVER_0 HIB 8 684 0 00:00:01.60 669
1016
00000120 DTLOGIN LEF 4 117 0 00:00:00.24 237
280
00000121 DTGREET LEF 5 198 0 00:00:01.68 471
510 S
The situation in the console is still the same, black screen. I create
a WSAX and run ICO and it seems ok, since with ^T I can check IO being
increased.
Regards, Mauro.
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| 5807.3 | | GRIM::MESSENGER | Bob Messenger | Wed Mar 19 1997 16:14 | 12 |
| There is a known problem on Alpha systems where shareable images don't get
installed correctly if you start DECwindows after the system has booted
instead of in systartup_vms.com, due to GH_RSRVPGCNT being too low (it
gets artifically boosted during system startup). This doesn't seem to be
happening in your case.
Your problem is pretty strange since everything seems to be running
correctly and yet you don't see anything on the screen. Could it be a
hardware problem, e.g. a bad graphics card? I assume that text is
displayed normally on the workstation screen during system startup.
-- Bob
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| 5807.4 | Hw? I also suspected about that... | VAXRIO::MAURO | | Thu Mar 20 1997 06:55 | 13 |
| Bob,
during the boot the messages are displayed all right. If after I got
the black screen I type ^F2 the console mode comes in a blue screen,
white letters and seems work pretty fine. I already checked the graphic
device (PBXGB-AA) and video (PCXBV-YY) part numbers in the option list
from November 1996 and both seems to be supported.
Right now, because of the customer pressure, I opened a call in
Colorado. I don't where you are or even if you are from DEC or EDS, but
if I get some news I'll update this note.
Thanks, Mauro Aquino.
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| 5807.5 | | GRIM::MESSENGER | Bob Messenger | Thu Mar 20 1997 15:00 | 12 |
| Mauro,
> I don't where you are or even if you are from DEC or EDS,
I'm at ZKO in Nashua, N.H. Until this month I worked in the Workstation
Software Group (a.k.a. the DECwindows group). I turned down a job offer
from EDS, and now I'm upstairs in the VMS group supporting graphics
drivers and DDXs (device-dependent X servers).
I hope the folks in Colorado can figure this one out.
-- Bob
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| 5807.6 | See 5760.* | XDELTA::HOFFMAN | Steve, OpenVMS Engineering | Thu Mar 20 1997 15:13 | 10 |
|
I recently worked on an AlphaStation 255/300 FIS OpenVMS Alpha V6.2-1H3
and DECwindows Motif V1.2-4 (CDE), and found the version of the TGA2
(PowerStorm 3D30; PBXGB-AA) driver was somewhat out of date, and that
the DECwindows Motif patch kit had not been applied. See 5760.* for
some of the CDE adventures I've had, including some references to the
TGA2 need for the Open3D kit, etc. (The AlphaStation box in question
was subsequently upgraded to V7.1, and is presently running fine...
Under MWM, though.)
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