It was the multinet xlldebug command that was the tip-off that the
Xauthority on the unix side was not properly set.
xhost vms-node was all that was needed
Thanks in particular to Dave Greenwood,Peter Prymmer and John J. Francini
Here is the original question
>
>
> I am running DU4.0d CDE and
> I have a number of windows both xterm and dtterm open to VMS6.2.
>
> my .rhost file on the unix side is correct and the multinet hosts.equiv
> file on the vms side is correct
>
> On the vms side I have:
>
> NORNS> _at_sys$update:decw$versions x
> DECwindows ident is DW V1.2-940307
> DECwindows server ident is DW T6.2-950505
> DECwindows transport ident is DW T6.2-950505
> DECwindows xlib ident is DW V1.2-940307
> DECwindows motif toolkit ident is DW V1.2-940307
> DECwindows apps ident is DW V1.2-940307
> DECwindows programming ident is DW V1.2-940307
>
> VMS is running Multinet 3.2 , and yes I have it configure correctly, with
> rhosts etc. I can rsh from unix to vms and vice versa, without being
> prompted for login. Both machines are on the same lan.
>
> So when I am in a dtterm attached to vms via rsh from unix I wish to run
> a program, say emacs or the vms debugger, either which pops a new window
> for the application.
>
> NORNS> sho display
>
> Device: WSA9: [user]
> Node: 216.101.147.252 (This IP for Tru64 4.0d)
> Transport: TCPIP
> Server: 0
> Screen: 0
>
> Do I need to set Server or Screen? To what?
>
> Doesn't the DISPLAY specification have to be in a form that unix can
> process?
>
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