I have inherited a VAX system that was just migrated onto CHARON-VAX (VMS emulated on Windows) I can access it via ssh, but not with X.
Anyone here familiar with DECwindows? is it X compliant? Or do I need a specific client to access it?
What client for DECwindows
openvmsvax
Best Answer
First make sure your CHARON-VMS instance has working IPv4. For example, make sure it can ping a host on your network. Also make sure that
SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM
allows TCP:decw$server_transports == "DECNET,LOCAL,TCPIP"
.Then log in from your Linux box using
ssh -Y
orssh -X
and run an X11 application (for exampleRUN SYS$SYSTEM:DECW$CLOCK
).If this doesn't work, try changing
ssh -X
tossh -Y
. Or experiment with turning X11 authorisation off entirely by typingxhost +
.More info: http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/134 (although that page gets "client" and "server" backwards - in X11, the server is the system with the monitor).