Did you just put the assgnment in that .COM file? It ought to be a DEFINE statement. Try: search decw*.com refresh That shows how it is done regulalrly To boot without getting in a loop: B -fl 0,1 dka100 SYsboot> set startup_p1 "min" Sysboot> continue Verzonden vanaf mijn draadloze BlackBerry -toestel -----Original Message----- From: Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> Sender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:37:20 To: <hecnet at Update.UU.SE> Reply-To: hecnet at Update.UU.SESubject: Re: [HECnet] Introduction On 17 Jun 2011, at 14:10, hvlems at zonnet.nl wrote: There is a file in sys$startup: called DECW$mumble-private-setup.com Look at the output od SHOW LOGI/SYS DECW* for a llogical name that has refreshrate in it. Or SHO LOG/EXEC DECW* In the private setup file enter the line DEFINE/SYSTEM <logicalname> 60 (Or /EXEC, depending on which table holds the DECW logical names) Using a combination of what you mentioned, plus some items from the site at: http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/46 Plus some documentation for a different display card (probably not the best idea) I did this: COPY SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.TEMPLATE SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM EDIT SYS$MANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM ADDED: DECW$REFRESH_RATE == "60" at the end then SAVED REBOOTED The X Server hard crashed the whole OS and it locked in a reboot cycle. I had to enter a conversational boot and overwrite the file with a new copy of the template. I'm missing something here, clearly. -- Mark Benson My Blog: <http://markbenson.org/blog> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mdbenson "Never send a human to do a machine's job..."