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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

684.0. "What is message 02DB821C?" by ELRIC::MARSHALL (hunting the snark) Wed Apr 26 1989 17:50

    I'v found a few notes that mention getting message 02DB821C,
    but there seems to be no clue as to what it actually means.
    
    Could someone please "draw me a picture"? What is its literal
    translation in English?
    
    thanks,
    
    Sm

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
684.1	Connection Abort	STAR::BRANDENBERG	Si vis pacem para bellum	`Wed Apr 26 1989 17:56`	4
	The linkage of some applications to the message file seems to be rather weak...
684.2		TLE::BEAL		`Mon Jun 12 1989 16:36`	9
	My title bars disappeared from all my windows on a couple of occasions and I found that message number (02DB821C) in the DECW$SM.LOG file. What does it mean? Any ideas on why the title bars are disappearing? Steve P.S. I'm running V5.1
684.3		QUARK::LIONEL	B - L - Oh, I don't know!	`Mon Jun 12 1989 16:51`	7
	As it implies in .1, the message is "connection aborted". Your title bars disappearing means that the session manager process has died. I had thought that this error was discussed elsewhere in the conference, but I couldn't find it. Steve
684.4	Missing titles means dead WM.	VINO::WITHROW	Robert Withrow	`Mon Jun 12 1989 17:19`	20
	> Your title bars > disappearing means that the session manager process has died. Well... Not exactly... When your title bars disapear it means that your window manager died. Depending on how you start the WM, the above message may or may not appear in the decw$sm.log file. Suggest you $set verify in your decw$login.com and find out what is really croaking. It is common to have a WM croak and still have the SM running. In that case the SM window will still be on the screen somewhere, but may be occluded or covered by other windows, and since you can't move things around without a WM running you may be pickled. If you can still get at a decterm window then try launching a new WM process, say by $spawn/nowait/input=nl: and then redraw the screen. You may be able to quit certain applications until you can access a decterm window. See other notes on how to run specific WM programs.
684.5	xlib io error	ODUTCH::J_MARSH	Svelte & Petite-nosed	`Fri May 04 1990 19:56`	8
	I found this error code on a DECwindows 5.3 results disk in [LIBS.XLIB.LIS]DECW$XLIBMSG.LIS: 000002DB 68 .FACILITY XLIB,731 /SYSTEM /PREFIX=X$_ ... 90 .SEVERITY FATAL 02DB821C 91 IOERROR <xlib io error>