Gary Mills wrote:
> I just did a live upgrade from snv_116 to snv_117.  After the reboot, the 
> familar
> login GUI appeared, but all of its boxes and menus were blank.  It didn't 
> echo my
> user name, and didn't respond to my password.  On a remote login, I was able 
> to
> disable the CDE login GUI and enable the gdm GUI.  After that, I was able to 
> log
> in successfully and get my usual desktop.  What happened?

Several CDE fonts got accidentally lost in this build - they'll be back in
future builds of Nevada.  Switching to gdm is a good fix, since it will be
replacing dtlogin long term, as already seen in OpenSolaris.

-- 
        -Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
         Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering


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