• CDE, HP-UX >= 10.20
  /etc/dt/config/sys.dtprofile is derived from /usr/dt/config/sys.dtprofile and should contain

  DTSOURCEPROFILE=true
  

  so that .profile's can be executed during CDE login.
• VUE, HP-UX <= 9.x
  To enable scrollbars: Toolboxes -> GeneralToolbox -> EditResources and insert

  HPterm*scrollBar: True
  xterm*scrollBar:  True 
  

snippets found on usenet, didn't work

Mike Stroyan comp.sys.hp.hpux

  hpterm has two modes for the behavior of the arrow keys.  The default,
keypad_local mode, moves the cursor around the window as you see.  The
keypad_xmit mode sends escape sequences when you press the arrow keys.
Those escape sequences can be interpreted by an editor or the shell.

  You can change the mode using the escape sequences output by
"tput smkx" for starting keypad_xmit mode and "tput rmkx" for starting
keypad_local mode.  The vi editor already uses those sequences,
returning the arrow keys to keypad_local mode when it finishes.  To use
keypad_xmit mode in a shell, you potentially need to get the smkx escape
sequence output after every command.  You can do that by putting the
escape sequence in the shell prompt string.  For posix-sh you could to
that with PS1="$PS1$(tput smkx)".

AIX heritage, to be ignored:

1. The file /usr/lpp/X11/defaults/xserverrc should contain the line

   EXTENSIONS=" -bs -d 24:mir0 -d 24:lai0 -d 24:mtn0 -d 24:mint0 -d 24:mojl0 "
   

   to enable backing store and 24bit colours for special graphics cards (here GXT2000P, GXT135P, GXT3000P, GXT550P and GXT4500, respectively), if installed.
2. /etc/X0.hosts and /etc/X1.hosts control the X-server access from other hosts. Due to X-server problems when the name server can't resolve the name of machines listed in these files they should contain only GSI machines. This doesn't solve the problem completely (because the GSI name server might be down as well) but at least the most likely case of external network breakdown is excluded.
3. CDE configuration
   Path definitions in /etc/dt/config/Xsession.d/0010.dtpaths
   Actual icons and datatypes in /u/bio/.dt/appconfig
4. For machines with graphic cards, adjust screen resolution:
   

   smit - Devices - Graphics Displays - Select the Display Type
   

   choose monitor, then

   Select the Display Resolution and Refresh Rate
   

5. adjust keyboard properties (for machines with keyboards)
   

   smit - Devices - Graphic Input Devices - Keyboard - Change / Show Characteristics of the Keyboard 
     Keyboard repeat rate                               [30]                     +#
     Keyboard repeat delay                               250                     +
     Alarm volume                                        off                     +
     Clicker volume                                      off                     +
     Extended keyboard identifier                        none                    +
   

   or on command line

     chhwkbd -r'30' -d'250' -a'0' -c'0'