Arne,
Engineering never intended for the Decw$startlogin program to be run interactively by users to get logged into a session.
You can certainly have all sorts of problems when running Decw$startlogin.exe interactively, and you are running into one of the problems now.
The best way to do this so that all users can get a session is to create a DCL script and place it in SYS$MANAGER so that user's can execute it interactively, or call it from a application launcher like in eXcursion, or ReflectionX:
Example:
$!***************************************
$!START_CDE.COM *
$!***************************************
$ define sys$output sys$login:startcde.log
$ set noverify
$ SPAWN/NOWAIT MCR CDE$SYSTEM_DEFAULTS:[BIN]DTHELLO
$ @CDE$SYSTEM_DEFAULTS:[BIN]XSESSION.COM
$ LOGOUT
Once you copy this file into SYS$MANAGER, you will want to make the DCL script (W:RE).
If you use this script with eXcursion and PCX$SERVER.COM, you do not have to worry about setting the DISPLAY environment variable.
Same thing with ReflectionsX, as you can use PCX$SERVER.COM and this command-line in ReflectionX's application launcher:
"@sys$system:pcx$server.com 4,%#%,0,tcpip,%IP% @sys$manager:start_cde.com"
In the start_cde.com file, DTHello, holds open a channel so that properties can be set on the root window that CDE will require, and until the DTWM and Session manager get started. This will permit you to save your settings when you logout and ensures that your settings will be read in when you login.
When the session is ended, the logout is completed, and the session ends cleanly.
I hope this helps you.
Cheers,
Rick Retterer
- Rick Retterer
