Starting DECwindows from the command line

[Jeffrey Mogul]

In article <6234 at jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett at jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes:
>	Is there a way to start DECwindows from the command line?  I do
>not want to use /etc/ttys for starting dxsession, because our users want
>to choose between DECwindows and X11R4 when they log in (or even switch
>between them WHILE logged in).
>
>	Any other suggestions?  Any DEC-sanctioned way of doing this?

I've occasionally started DECwindows (when I sit at someone else's
workstation) with

	% dxsession -display thishost:0 &

(fill in your own choice for "thishost").

This has worked without any obvious problems, but it may be that
what you are really asking for is a way to switch X servers as well;
this doesn't do that.

Just because I work for DEC doesn't mean that this is DEC-sanctioned.
Quite the contrary.

-Jeff