On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:00 -0500, "Brian Cameron" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 
> Bill:
> 
> > Any idea how I would change the output screen of the X server on boot? 
> > After doing some more quick research, I get the feeling that I need to
> > tell X to use :0.1 .  I'm not real sure how to do that though...
> 
> GDM does have configuration files in /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf and
> /etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf.
> 
> Here is an example I notice on how you can configure GDM to start up
> a display using :0.1.  This example uses Xephyr, but the principle
> is the same, I'd think:
> 
> http://www.michaeltinsay.com/?q=Multiseat-Gutsy-Xephyr-gdm.conf-custom
> 
> > Maybe the following will at least let me get to the GUI login from the
> > console:
> > # export DISPLAY=:0.1
> > # pfexec svcadm restart gdm
> > 
> > I'll try that tomorrow from the console and see what happens.  That will
> > tell me something I hope.
> > 
> > I have tried restarting gdm before (earlier today), and the screen
> > flashes a few times (3) over a few seconds.  While this is happening,
> > the console is not responsive.  After the third flash, the console
> > becomes active again, but no GUI.
> 
> You might try editing /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf and set Enable=true
> in the [debug] section and restart GDM.  This should cause debug
> messages from GDM to get echoed to your syslog (/var/adm/messages).
> These debug messages might help to debug the problem if it is an issue
> with GDM.
> 
> Brian

Thanks Brian, I will give that a try.
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