Xref: utzoo comp.os.vms:33151 comp.windows.x:30191 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!brolga!ggm From: ggm@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (George Michaelson) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.windows.x Subject: Re: DECWindows over the network Message-ID: <1990Dec4.225800.11357@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au> Date: 4 Dec 90 22:58:00 GMT References: <1990Nov30.225314.9083@cs.widener.edu> <10669@helios.TAMU.EDU> Organization: Prentice Computer Centre, The University of Queensland, Australia. Lines: 28 Can I ask that the exact details of setting up TCP/IP as a transport mechanism for DECwindows be added to the FAQ for both of these groups? it is *not* as simple as doing set/transport= as a user on VMS. there is a precursor phase, which is configuring the VMS node to know about TCP/IP as a transport mechanism for DECwindows before any user can do this, which involves creating or modifying SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM And as I understand it this is *not* done for you if you install X "out of the box" from digital. It may be documented already in which case a pointer to where in the VMS manual set would be useful. It might also be worth noting what you have to do within MIT Xwindows to get a DECnet transport built into your libraries, the need to have -ldnet in the linkage line on ultrix boxes, and how exactly you get DECnet to work on a Sun (I understand not all versions of Sunos can do this even if DNI is built into the kernel) -George -- G.Michaelson Internet: G.Michaelson@cc.uq.oz.au Phone: +61 7 377 4079 Postal: George Michaelson, Prentice Computer Centre The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD Australia 4067.