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Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
fire_lizard
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| Posted on June 05 2015 02:54 |
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Hi, I am completely newbie in OpenVMS, have just learned basic commands of its shell.
I have just completed installation of OpenVMS 8.4 in AlphaVM and have a very noob question:
How could I run X (Graphical) session in OpenVMS (according to screenshots it does have graphical interface)?
Thanks in advance. |
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RE: Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on June 05 2015 04:15 |
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You'll need DECwindows running and an X-windows client on a PC to connect an X-windows session. |
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RE: Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
malmberg
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| Posted on June 05 2015 08:14 |
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x-ming works, but will not save configuration on Windows 8.
Cygwin/x stopped accepting the font-daemon settings which you need for VMS applications to render correctly.
You will need the font daemon started on at least one VMS Alpha or Itanium. |
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RE: Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
fire_lizard
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| Posted on June 12 2015 17:12 |
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Thanks for the answers. Got my OpenVMS Alpha running and licenses (including ones for DECWindows) installed. Also I got TCP/IP, FTP, SSH working so I can connect to OpenVMS machine using FileZilla or just ping it from command line from the host machine.
How do I run DECwindows? |
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RE: Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on June 13 2015 02:25 |
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Start DECwindows in SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM at system boot. Instructions are include in the procedure.
Connect to the VMS system using your X-windows client. |
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RE: Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
fire_lizard
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| Posted on June 15 2015 23:18 |
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Thank you for explanations, but I am still trying to connect to OpenVMS 8.4 Alpha X Server using XLaunch from XMing installation and did not succeed. The window shuts down immediately after startup.
Could you please tell me what I am doing wrong?
Here is my steps on establishing connection with the OpenVMS virtual machine.
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','','i2.imageban.ru/out/2015/06/16/45e97b0c0edfd3f7d76dcaed9b5710d2').'.jpg\') '','','i6.imageban.ru/out/2015/06/16/01a7e49f03fb4730cfe1d23f072da248').'.jpg\') '
','','i2.imageban.ru/out/2015/06/16/3dd70bc373cafca56983333aafd36204').'.jpg\') '','','i1.imageban.ru/out/2015/06/16/c441d336da67dd2b8f000b0ad93afe05').'.jpg\') '
Edited by fire_lizard on June 15 2015 23:20 |
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RE: Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on June 16 2015 02:52 |
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Is DECwindows running on the Alpha? |
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RE: Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
fire_lizard
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| Posted on June 16 2015 09:41 |
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$! The following command should be used only if you do not wish the
$! DECwindows startup file to be run automatically during system startup.
$! The DECwindows startup file should be run on all types of machines,
$! even ones not using a DECwindows display. If you wish to defer
$! DECwindows startup and manually invoke the startup file later during
$! system startup, uncomment the command below.
$!
$!$ DEFINE DECW$IGNORE_DECWINDOWS TRUE
This line is commented on my machine.
When I am trying to run DECWindows manually using this command
@SYS$MANAGER ECW$STARTUP.COM
following error appears:
%DECW$DEVICE-I-NODEVICE, no graphics devices found. |
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RE: Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on June 17 2015 04:23 |
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The graphics device warning is normal on a system without a graphics card. We need someone with more X-ming experience to comment on its configuration. |
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fire_lizard
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| Posted on June 19 2015 02:39 |
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Now I have got something out of it
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Could you suggest any command I should enter instead of xterm?
Edited by fire_lizard on June 19 2015 02:39 |
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RE: Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
malmberg
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| Posted on June 19 2015 10:06 |
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https://sourceforge.net/p/vms-ports/wiki/InteropOtherOs/
See above for how to enable X-11 forwarding from Putty.
I generally just log in with Putty and then launch the X applications as desired.
The command to start an terminal session on VMS is:
"create/term/detached/logged_in"
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RE: Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
fire_lizard
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| Posted on June 20 2015 00:06 |
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Thank you for more help
I have enabled forwarding from Putty and changed command from xterm to create/term/detached/logged_in
But, anyway, I have this error:
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and then this error:
','','i4.imageban.ru/out/2015/06/20/ae330efda0d083e3a24224a597668a77').'.png\') ' |
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RE: Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
malmberg
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| Posted on June 21 2015 12:05 |
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I have never used the X-Ming launcher application.
I SSH into into the VMS system from Putty on the same system that the X-Ming is running on.
Then you should be able to run "mcr decw$clock" or "run decw$examples:ico.exe"
For VAX/VMS which does not have SSH support, you can not use a proxy, you have to use the SET DISPLAY command and you have to specifically enable the X-Server to accept the connection, as documented in the link I posted earlier.
Also make sure that your firewall is not blocking ports that X-MING uses. 6000 for X-server, and I can not remember the standard font server port. |
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RE: Starting X Session in OpenVMS |
fire_lizard
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| Posted on June 22 2015 01:07 |
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Thank you very much for your help and patience! It all works now! |
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