Thanks for replying (the only one) to Dr. Th. Blinn: 
The reason was indeed a non-up-to-date version of DECevent (2.6 instead of 2.9)
Problem solved with setld -l ..... (from CD "Ass.Prod.", Vol.1 - DUNIX 4.0F)
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> > After upgrade installation 4.0D -> 4.0F on an AlphaServer 1000
> > I regard lots of entries produced by /usr/sbin/dia as appended.
> > 
> > Although it's an entry type = "Time Stamp" (so it seems to be harmless)
> > I'm confused about the comment:
> > 
> >     ->>             ** Error during CTR processing of EVT seg
> >     ->>             - Canonical buffer dump follows
> > 
> > what is the meaning of the comment mentioned above ?
> 
> If I am not mistaken, the error log format changed between V4.0D
> and V4.0F.  You might want to be sure you have an up-to-date copy
> of DECevent for V4.0F and that you've started a fresh error log
> file; other than that, I'd have to guess it's a DECevent bug; I
> would not be surprised if there were many.
> Dr. Thomas P. Blinn + UNIX Software Group + Compaq Computer Corporation
regards
   Gert Winterhalter
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