jmarek@td2cad.intel.com (John Marek) (11/10/89)
In article <JYM.89Nov8115957@anableps.berkeley.edu> jym@anableps.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes: >>> 4. A custom background image. >> This can be done by killing off dwm on the VMS side. . . . I >> simply run twm from a decstation and have it manage the windows >> on the VMS client. >Sounds like something I'd like to do. What all does one need to > make such a setup work? > <_Jym_> I have gotten this suggestion to work. I've done it manually and it seems it could be done via command procedures and shells although I haven't invested much time in it yet. To do this: Log into your VAXstation and get into a terminal window. Kill the window manager process (DECW$WM_1) -- I don't recall the process UIC so I don't know if it takes GROUP or WORLD privilege. -- This will make the icon box and all windows except the session manager and your current terminal window "disappear". SET HOST to your DECstation (or other UNIX system). After logging into the workstation: setenv DISPLAY node::0 (for your VAXstation) then start up your choice of window managers. I used dxwm & (start it as a background process) to use ULTRIX DECwindows as the window manager since I haven't learned to use uwm or any other window manager yet. There does seem to be a minor performance degradation when multiple windows need to be redrawn but otherwise I have not noticed any performance problem. -- John Marek jmarek@td2cad.intel.com Any opinions in the above text are my own but feel welcome to use them.
rr@csun10.cs.uh.edu (Ravindran Ramachandran) (11/11/89)
A question about DecWindows starting up on a ULTRIX system;
is it possible to log into the terminal using the
console "etc/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure
entry in /etc/ttys, and then startup dxsession? Basically, I want
to be able to startup DecWindows *after* logging in, just like I
can start up xinit. I want to be able to make the choice of having
either X windows, or Dec Windows, running after logging in.
Basically, is dxsession similar to xinit? From the entry that
I see in /etc/ttys, dxsession does not call X (Xcfb, in my case)
but instead has /bin/login do it.
Thanks for any pointers,
--Ravi-
PS: About my previous request for information: there seem to be
more people interested in getting 3rd party disks, but very few
already using it; I have 10 requests for info but only one reply
with the information.