On 20-Feb-16 11:07, Gary Lee Phillips wrote: > To complete the information for you, Timothe, I did get the VMSINSTAL > to run successfully on two SimH VAX setups. There was a complaint > issued about a missing license for the "lexicon" which suggested to me > that perhaps the spelling checker won't work. > > Although DECWrite is installed, and appears on the menus in > DECWindows, it does not run. I remembered that you (or someone else?) Not me. > said that a bug in the program means that the CMKRNL privilege is > required to run it, and I did make sure I had that before attempting > it. I also tried running it under the SYSTEM account, which should > sidestep any issues with privilege. From the point of view of the > DECWindows user, nothing happens when the program is launched. > > The error message logs, however, do indicate a clear problem. During > initialization, the following error message appears: > > %DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image XDPS$DPSLIBSHR > > Without knowing what this image is, I am guessing that something else > had to be installed first. I don't see any suggestion that another > product was needed beyond DECWindows itself, though. XDPS is X-windows Display Postscript. Seems to be missing in VMS 7.3, but was there in 7.2
See http://www.digiater.nl/openvms/decus/vmslt01b/vu/get-decwrite-up-in-7_3-how.txt for a solution. Google is your friend. > The connection and DECWindows itself do work as expected. I can run > other built-in applications without difficulty. Perhaps someone on the > list has more information about this problem? > > I'm still hoping to get hold of the Alpha version of this package to > see if it will work there. I'm not sure what I have for Alpha VMS CDs. They're hard to access as I'm packing my library. > --Gary
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