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From: marra@samuel.enet.dec.com (Dave Marra)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: VMS SYSGEN parameter WINDOW_SYSTEM ?
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.174947.4310@e2big.mko.dec.com>
Date: 11 Jun 91 17:49:47 GMT
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in <1991Jun11.113458.9384@uwovax.uwo.ca> Brent Sterner writes:

>Could some kind soul please explain the significance of the VMS sysgen 
>parameter WINDOW_SYSTEM?  

This parameter is used to help the operating system decide which windowing
system it should load, 0 = none, 1 - DECwindows, 2 = UIS (the older
vms windowing system)

>I'm running VMS 5.4.  SYSGEN says it is dynamic.  

yes it is dynamic, which means that you can change it at anytime, It being the
parameter, not it's effects.

>TFM says it "loads" the appropriate window system (implies boot time to me), 
>and mentions VAX workstations specifically.  My VAX is a 6430.  
>WINDOW_SYSTEM is currently set to 0, which is not documented.  
>Please enlighten me.  Thanks,   b.  

If it is zero, then the system will NOT automatically call the DECwindows 
startup files.  If you feel courageous, look through the VMS$*.COM files
in sys$startup.  Somewhere in there you'll see that it calls the DECwindows
startup files.  If zero, you must manually call the startup file.

						.dave.

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