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. _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
