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- Subject: Re(2): decwindows, multinet, and ucx
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- From: "Lawrence P Macintyre" <macintyrelp@ornl.gov>
- Date: 10 SEP 92 19:57:38 GMT
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- >> The approach I use is to define the logical DECW$IGNORE_DECWINDOWS in
- >> SYSSTARTUP_V5.COM. This then gives me the luxury of starting everything in
- >> the order I choose. Since networking stuff is particularly sensitive to
- >> ordering I start it up using a single separate command file that does
- >> everything in the proper order that's rigidly defined. I find that while
- >> you can save a minute or so by getting fancy the long-term price you pay
- >> in obscure problems just isn't worth it.
- >>
- >> Ned
- >
- >That works for DECNET; I have that defined. I also have a single .COM file
- >that starts all networking software in the proper order. If you happen to
- >run this .COM file in parallel with SYSTARTUP_V5.COM as I do, you can (and
- >I do about 50% of the time) have this race condition with DECWindows and
- >MultiNet. In my book, having a hack that works all the time outweighs
- >getting phone calls from users and admin asking why they can't display
- >a TCPIP window when the person on the next station can.
- >++ Dave
- You could always use SYSMAN to start everything... DECnet is
- always started before anything you put in BASEENVIRON.
- DECwindows is started once in CONFIG and again in LPBEGIN, before
- anything you add. If you use DIRECT mode, things are started in
- sequence, not in parallel. I start LAT, ESS, and Multinet in
- BASEENVIRON, and let SYSMAN deal with DECnet and DECwindows.
- This always works.
- Lawrence
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