> Thanks for the pointer. I followed the instructions and your added note > about text mode boot, but the text-mode boot isn't working. I removed the > "console=graphics" from the -B string of the kernel$ line, and add the -s at > the end.
what you could do: 1. You have no other/new boot environments in your GRUB menu besides the entries created upon initial installation (created automaticaly after updates) Choose and edit the text boot entry (add -s) and you should be fine (Nothing about the graphical login needs to be edited). 2. You have a boot environment created after an update (named opensolaris-1 or similar) > I removed the > "console=graphics" from the -B string of the kernel$ line, and add the -s at > the end. this is correct and needs to be done. But what you notice when you edit your grub settings (hitting e for the first time) there are other lines besides the kernel line. Unfortunately my opensolaris machine has a busted fan that I am getting repaired so I cannot look this up for you. These lines show information about a splash image and colors and need to be deleted. If you still have the original text boot option in the GRUB menu, take a look at it (hit e for edit) and edit the BE you want to boot accordingly. I sincerly hope I am not confusing you. I have just noticed that this is also discussed in the comments of the blog entry I mentioned. However, what happens after I hit "b" is that my Toshiba Satellite > laptop gets stuck with its screen flashing multi-colored pixels. > > Kostas > > Alexander Gnodtke wrote: >> >> I ran into the same problem. The following solved my problem. I am not >> sure though this is the only or even correct way since I am also new >> to opensolaris: >> >> >> http://malsserver.blogspot.com/2008/08/roles-can-only-be-assumed-by-authorized.html >> >> In order to make these helpful hints work you have to make sure that >> you are booting into textmode, because otherwise you will see the >> splashscreen and cannot login. This means apart from making the >> changes described to boot into single user mode you will also have to >> adjust your boot parameters to match those of the default text login. >> This means if I remember correctly removing the splash screen info and >> the kernel parameter gui login. >> >> Hope this helps and as I said earlier there probably is a simpler way >> to fix this. >> >> alex >> >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Kostas Oikonomou <ko at research.att.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am somewhat new to OpenSolaris 2008.11. I used Gnome's >>> System -> Administration -> Users and Groups tool to add >>> myself as "media manager" (or some such, can't recall right >>> now), in order to have write access to the DVD drive of my >>> laptop. (This had to do with getting the DVD writer to be >>> recognized by Virtual Box.) >>> >>> I must have done something wrong, because the result of >>> doing this is that now I cannot "su" any more, e.g. in a >>> terminal. I get the message "Roles can only be assumed by >>> authorized users". This happens whether I use the system's >>> root password, or my own ordinary user's password at the >>> "Password:" prompt. >>> >>> And I cannot use System -> Administration -> Users and >>> Groups to fix the problem, because it asks me for a root >>> password and doesn't accept any password I type. >>> >>> How do I fix this? Thanks very much. >>> >>> Kostas >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> desktop-discuss mailing list >>> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> >> >> >> > -- Skype: al.gnodtke Google talk: gnodtke
