2008/5/23 Stephen Hahn <sch at sun.com>: > * Ryan de Laplante <ryan at ijws.com> [2008-05-23 13:36]: >> A few days after I installed 2008 05 I found that after each log out/back >> in, it would take longer to log in. After about 2-3 times it would get stuck >> logging in until I rebooted. Eventually it got to a point where even after >> rebooting I would get a blank gray screen and a mouse pointer after logging >> in. I tried leaving it for hours and it never came to life. I would have >> to CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to go back to login screen and try again. I left it >> for a few days then just before I was about to re-install the OS it started >> working again. I still noticed it became less reliable after logging out/in >> again. >> >> Today I am unable to log into my computer. I get a blank screen and even >> after rebooting I still get the blank screen forever. I have seen other >> people mention similar problems with OpenSolaris 2008 05. >> >> Any ideas? This is making it hard for me to use OpenSolaris on my Sun Ultra >> 24 workstation as a development computer. I'm afraid that I'll get locked >> out of my computer every few days and have to reinstall the OS. >> >> FYI I do have Compiz turned on. > > I would have guessed a memory leak, but you say it persists after > reboot. I suppose you could have filled up a filesystem as well, or > have a failing disk... > > Try booting to single-user mode, and having a look around. (When the > grub menu comes up, select the menu item, but press 'e', and add "-s" > to the end of the kernel line... unless you've customized something.)
A grey screen and a mouse pointer after login sounds like this bug: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=1681 I've had the same issue until I removed the ospm-applet from my startup. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben
