Hi Pavel,
With the current gdm, the executable gdm-binary which execs other
processes won't launch a gdm-greeter (where we select the locale for the
session) if it cannot launch Xserver. So the issue does not generally arise.
The default locale for the system is given in /etc/default/init, so
generally that's the locale you'll get incase we can tweak the
/usr/X11/bin/Xserver file and make it start something else...
Regards,
Suresh
Pavel.Heimlich at Sun.COM wrote:
> Hi Suresh,
> What would happen if X fails to start? Would the CLI stay in C?
>
> P.
>
>
> Suresh Chandrasekharan wrote:
>> Thanks Alan. libxklavier which's a base library for these cases is
>> not really a gnome component, so I thought it'll better if the
>> related cases were looked upon by the same ARC...
>>
>> Noted /usr/X11 obsoletion.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Suresh
>>> Is there some reason you're not submitting this to LSARC, which
>>> reviews all
>>> the other GNOME cases, including all previous gdm cases?
>>>
>>> (BTW, one of your imported interfaces is actually Obsolete now,
>>> since /usr/X11
>>> was declared obsolete by PSARC/2009/482 - I don't know when the
>>> Prague G11n
>>> team plans to deliver the XKB keymaps to /usr/share instead though.)
>>>
>>> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
>>> Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>>>
>>> Suresh Chandrasekharan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Submitting this fastrack timing out on 10/22/2009, seeking Solaris
>>>> minor release binding.
>>>>
>>>> Suresh
>>>>
>>>> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
>>>> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
>>>> 1. Introduction
>>>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>>>> LiveCD session improvement
>>>> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>>>> Author: Suresh Chandrasekharan
>>>> 1.3 Date of This Document:
>>>> 14 October, 2009
>>>> 4. Technical Description
>>>> 4.1. Details:
>>>>
>>>> gdm-2.28 is soon be integrating to OpenSolaris. Compared
>>>> with the existing gdm-2.20.10 this is major rewrite. One of the
>>>> capabilities of this gdm, if there's a backend libxklavier
>>>> library to support it is the ability to select a keyboard
>>>> layout from the gdm login screen. Both the already existing
>>>> login locales menu and the new keyboard layout menu are placed
>>>> on a panel at the bottom of the screen.
>>>>
>>>> Support to change the keyboard layout is needed at GDM level
>>>> for machines shared by users who use different keyboards or
>>>> users sharing a single keyboard with possibly different layouts.
>>>>
>>>> PSARC/2009/483 - "libxklavier re-integration" enables gdm-2.28
>>>> to display the keyboard layouts in the gdm screen. The backend
>>>> library libxklavier is provided through that case.
>>>>
>>>> One major advantage of providing the gnome keyboard and
>>>> locale selection at the gdm screen is that, we can effectively
>>>> replace the text console based keyboard/language selection that
>>>> we currently have in OpenSolaris 2009.06 LiveCD. The menu based
>>>> selection can hold more keyboards/locales in them than the text
>>>> console based selection.
>>>>
>>>> The initial feedback from xDesign is that we need to automatically
>>>> popup the keyboard/language selection when user is booting
>>>> up the LiveCD. We will also work with LiveCD team to disable the
>>>> text based selection screens for keyboard layout and locales.
>>>>
>>>> 4.5. Interfaces:
>>>>
>>>> Imported Interfaces
>>>> -------------------
>>>>
>>>> Interface Stability Notes
>>>> --------- --------- -----
>>>>
>>>> From PSARC/2009/483
>>>>
>>>> SUNWlibxklavier
>>>>
>>>> /usr/lib/libxklavier.so.15.0.0 Volatile library
>>>> /usr/lib/libxklavier.so.15 Volatile sym
>>>> link /usr/lib/libxklavier.so Volatile
>>>> sym link
>>>>
>>>> SUNWlibxklavier-devel
>>>>
>>>> /usr/include/libxklavier/xkl-enum-types.h Volatile
>>>> Header File
>>>> /usr/include/libxklavier/xkl_config_item.h Volatile
>>>> Header File
>>>> /usr/include/libxklavier/xkl_config_rec.h Volatile
>>>> Header File
>>>> /usr/include/libxklavier/xkl_config_registry.h Volatile
>>>> Header File
>>>> /usr/include/libxklavier/xkl_engine.h Volatile
>>>> Header File
>>>> /usr/include/libxklavier/xkl_engine_marshal.h Volatile
>>>> Header File
>>>> /usr/include/libxklavier/xklavier.h Volatile
>>>> Header File
>>>>
>>>> From PSARC/2009/117 and PSARC/2009/440
>>>>
>>>> /usr/X11/lib/X11/xkb/* Uncommitted XKB definition files &
>>>> directories.
>>>>
>>>> Obsoleted Interfaces
>>>> -------------------
>>>>
>>>> Language/kbd selection text console screens in LiveCD from
>>>> slim_source/usr/src/cmd/slim-instal/svc/live-fs-root
>>>>
>>>> Exported Interfaces
>>>> --------------------
>>>>
>>>> No significant interfaces are exported
>>>>
>>>> 6. Resources and Schedule
>>>> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>>>> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
>>>> G11N
>>>> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>>>> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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