Vaxstation 4000/60 DECwindows

[Peter Coghlan]

Marco Rauhut wrote:
>
> That solved my IVP not a workstation problem... Thanks!
>
> But now while testing ivp told me can`t open Display.
>
> If i start the Vaxstation in the boot system i can use the hole Monitor.
> But when VMS started there only 25 usable lines left on Monitor.
>
> What i have done is that i have installed VMS with the alternate Console 
> mode via RS232.
> After that i connect a VGA monitor with a sync seperation adapter and a 
> keyboard and mouse.
>
> Remember VMS the install Environment?
>

Can you log in using the workstation monitor/keyboard/mouse?

If you manage to log in as SYSTEM using the workstation monitor/keyboard/mouse,
there should be a menu item or an icon you can click on to create a decterm.
It should be possible to issue @SYS$TEST:DECW$IVP in the decterm window and it
should (hopefully) work.

Maybe you can not log in using the workstation monitor/keyboard/mouse?

Is a mouse pointer and a graphic prompting you for your username and password
appearing on the monitor?

If not, is the monitor displaying anything?  Maybe the monitor can not display
the video signal from your Vaxstation 4000?

If the monitor seems to be working ok but there is no login box, maybe
decwindows has not started properly? It may help to look for errors in
SYS$MANAGER:DECW$SERVER_0_ERROR.LOG - however there is a lot of stuff in that
file and it is hard to tell which messages are are normal and which are errors.

Regards,
Peter Coghlan.
                                                  
> Marco
>
>
> Am 27.11.2015 um 23:03 schrieb Peter Coghlan:
> > Marco Rauhut wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello list -
> >>
> >> I have a Vaxstation 4000/60 running VMS 7.3.
> >> DW-MOTIF is installed, TAILOR=on, License OK...
> >>
> >> @SYS$TEST:DECW$IVP say:
> >>
> >>             Copyright Compaq Computer Corporation 1988, 2000.
> >>
> >>        DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS Installation Verification 
> >> Procedure (IVP)
> >>
> >>      This IVP is intended to test some of the functionality of 
> >> DECwindows Motif
> >>      for OpenVMS and to provide a quick method of verifying the 
> >> installation.
> >>
> >>      This machine is not a workstation.  Please provide the nodename 
> >> of a
> >>      workstation on which to display the IVP tests.  You must be sure 
> >> that this
> >>      account and node have security access to the display node, or 
> >> the IVP will
> >>      fail.
> >>
> >>      To skip the display-oriented tests, press Ctrl/Z at the 
> >> following prompt.
> >>
> >> Why IVP detect the Vaxstation as not a workstation?
> >> Serial Console is off...
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >
> > How are you logging in to the VAXstation?
> >
> > If you log in using the workstation monitor/keyboard/mouse, the IVP 
> > should
> > detect that you are on a workstation.  Try:
> >
> > $ SHOW DISPLAY
> >
> > to check.
> >
> > If you log in via DECnet (SET HOST), via a serial line or via some TCP/IP
> > packages (telnet/rlogin/rsh/ssh), you may need to do something like:
> >
> > $ SET DISPLAY /TRANSPORT=LOCAL /CREATE
> >
> > before you run the IVP so it knows where to display stuff.
> >
> > Regards,
>  Peter Coghlan.
>