DecWindows on free AXP

Hi I need help to run decwindows on FreeAxp.
I was able to establish TCP connection and send some displays using
$set Display/ create /transport =tcpip /node= xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
then i can do
RUN sys$system<img src='../images/smiley/grin.gif' alt='smiley'>ecw$notepad or calc or clock. these work just fine. However i cannot run decwindows.
could you please advise me on what i am doing wrong or what step did i miss
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Any help will be appreciated.


Thank you

DECwindows requires an X-windows client. Log into the VMS instance using software such as ReflectionX or Cygwin/X.

I used Xming and i thought that it works fine since i can run clock or notepad on it.do i still need cygwin?

Xming should be fine. Make sure you have DECwindows configured correctly on the VMS side, then log in using Xming.

Which ever X Server that you use, you need to configure it to use a VMS Alpha or Itanium system as a font server.

By default the font server is disabled on VMS and the fonts are not installed unless your VMS system has graphics hardware. The VMS installation manuals should explain how to get the fonts installed if you do not have them already. Then modify the Decwindows server startup file to start the font server.

For cygwin/x and x-ming, the use of the font server is:

# xset fp+ tcp/your.vms.server.name.or.ip:7100 -display :0.

The last time I upgraded cygwin on Windows 8/8.1, that command stopped working so I had to switch to xming.

On xming, there is a config utility that allows specifying it at startup. I have never got that to work with windows 8/8.1 so have to reenter it manually every time I restart the Xming server.

Thank you for directions. however i fail to follow them and need more help<img src='../images/smiley/smile.gif' alt='smiley'>

1. i was trying to follow these procedure:
support.hp.com/ca-en/document/c04694892 ,
but it looks like file *.DECW$FONT doesn't exist on my machine. how can i install fonts?

2. I modify DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM to start font server.
how can i check if font server is running or not?