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Subj:	Re: A DECwindows startup problem I encountered...

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From: rankin@EQL.Caltech.Edu (Pat Rankin)
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Subject:  Re: A DECwindows startup problem I encountered...
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>  [description of DECwindows startup problem (LKWSETFUL error) and
>   PQL_MWSQUOTA parameter omitted]

> There is also the file Sys$Manager:DECW$Check_Params.Com that gets run as
> part of the DECwindows boot process.  [...
> ...]                            There are 3 different ways to bugger this:
>
> 1) always answer NO to the request to run AUTOGEN at DECwindows boot time,
> 2) edit Sys$Manager:DECW$Check_Params.Com to change the proper value from
>    60 to 1024,
> 3) edit Sys$Manager:DECW$Check_Params.Com to change the check for an exact
>    value to a check for a minimum value.


     There is a 4th and much simpler way to get around this:
4) prior to executing DECW$STARTUP.COM, you can--and after initial sysgen
   tweeking, you should--setup the logical name decw$ingore_autogen:
   $ define decw$ignore_autogen true

     Here is part of one of our boot routines; it also prevents DECwindows
from creating CSA0 (which we only create if there's something plugged in):

$  define decw$ignore_autogen true    !speed-up window startup
$  define decw$ignore_decnet  true
$     hide_csa0 = (.not.F$GetDVI("CSA0:","EXISTS"))
$     if hide_csa0 then  assign OPA0: CSA0    !suppress "CONNECT CONSOLE"
$  @Sys$Manager:DecW$Startup
$     Wait 00:00:10                   !allow asynch device stuff to run
$     if hide_csa0 then  deassign CSA0

                                        Pat Rankin
                                    rankin@eql.Caltech.EDU