On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Matt <[email protected]> wrote: > On 27/05/2011 15:04, Michael Kerpan wrote: >> Using this as a template, I was able to create an RD-54 image that >> boots on the VAXstation emulator. Sadly, the image seems to still >> think it's running on a 3900, as there's some console type confusion >> (No EDIT/TPU makes me sad and unable to edit files since I've never >> been able to wrap my head around line editors) AND the darn thing's >> not finding the graphics hardware when I try to start DECWindows (I >> haven't been able to test VWS as the version on my 5.4-era condist >> needs a PAK, which the hobbyist program doesn't provide.) >> >> Are there some AUTOGEN settings that should get the system to re-read >> itself and start IDing correctly or do I have to learn linemode EDIT >> and fix some files? >> >> Mike > > What is the output of SHOW LICENSE/CHARGE at the DCL prompt? It should > show the correct system type. > > The text based video console does not provide any VT emulation, which > makes it quite difficult to edit files. This 'issue' is still present > even in OpenVMS 8.4 on IA64! > > You need the system parameter WINDOW_SYSTEM to 1 in order to load the > DECwindows graphics driver (GCBDRIVER). If you set this parameter to 2 > it will load the VWS driver (VCDRIVER). > You can set this parameter from SYSBOOT: > >>>> BOOT/R5:1 DUA0 > > SYSBOOT> SET WINDOW_SYSTEM 1 > > SYSBOOT> CONT > > Once you get up and running you can then add this to MODPARAMS.DAT for > future autogens. > > One thing I should have pointed out about DECwindows is that you may > need to disable mouse acceleration otherwise you will get Windows > acceleration added to DECwindows acceleration and the mouse will be > quite difficult to control. > > Matt
It worked! I now have a working copy of DECwindows in all its monochromatic glory. Mike _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
