Ron Halstead <rdhalstead at gmail.com> writes: > Alan, > > That's my point. gdm is not starting the X server and the login > screen, then the gnome session. I was trying to see if X could be > manually started. It can't. I will try your suggestion when I get home. > snv_109 Sparc works (I'm on it now) but x86 has problems.
What I've been doing since the trouble started in version 108 (I think) with starting X: Edit /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst Find the section you are being shown on bootup and edit it something like: title opensolaris-1 findroot (pool_rpool,0,a) # splashimage /boot/solaris.xpm # foreground d25f00 # background 115d93 bootfs rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-1 (Remove `,console=graphics' from the end of the next line so you have:) kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive Note you can find the right section by taking note of a line near the top like: default 2 Understand though that the count starts at 0 so: default 2 means the third entry. (Each entry begins with `title') The final result should look like: title opensolaris-1 findroot (pool_rpool,0,a) # splashimage /boot/solaris.xpm # foreground d25f00 # background 115d93 bootfs rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-1 kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive (of course you could just remove the commented lines. I left them to remember for later and the `title' line can really be anything you like) Next turn off gdm # svcadm -v disable gdm (Note that if you are in X it will kill the X session) reboot. >From now on you will get a console login Once you've logged in... start X with: startx /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session Until the bug is fixed, that should keep you able to run X.
