There is probably the last used desktop selection "xterm".
Try to select from the session options the CDE desktop before you log in.
Kari
On 14.2.2013 19:27, H Vlems wrote:
Logging in on the console of a Tru64 V5.0 machine
I ended up in an xterm terminal and nothing else.
The usual "new DECwindows" desktop was gone.
Any ideas where to look for a fix?
The system is an AlphaServer 800 that had been power
off for a year now.
Hans
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