I haven't read through everything, but there is a warning that states:

WARNING: No required applications specified.

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Brian Cameron <brian.came...@sun.com> wrote:
>
> The gnome-session --debug argument sends debug messages to your
> syslog (/var/adm/messages).  Look there.
>
> Brian
>
> Ryan Proud wrote:
>>>
>>> Ryan:
>>>
>>>> Can someone help me with this issue.  I'm trying to
>>>
>>> create a very slim gnome desktop environment.  I
>>> tried working from the bottom up, by using this image
>>> (http://blogs.sun.com/jkshah/entry/minimal_opensolaris
>>> _2009_06_appliance), but am having a problem with
>>> gnome
>>> (http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=1195
>>> 59&tstart=0) that no one seems to be able to help me
>>> with.  So I'm trying the opposite direction.
>>>
>>> If GNOME is failing after authentication, then the
>>> problem is usually
>>> with gnome-session, or with a program started by
>>> gnome-session.
>>>
>>> The suggestion to start gnome-session by starting a
>>> failsafe session
>>> and then run "dbus-launch gnome-session" is a good
>>> one.  If there are
>>> errors, they will get echoed back to the terminal so
>>> you can more
>>> easily see them.  Also you will have an xterm window
>>> open to probe the
>>> system when it fails to see what might be going on.
>>>  What processes
>>> re running in the user session when the failure
>>> happens?
>>>
>>> You can run gnome-session with the --debug argument
>>> to get it to spew
>>> extra information, which might be helpful.
>>
>> Using the --debug argument didn't give me any additional output.
>>>
>>> This message is unrelated, and I see it on my machine
>>> also.  It
>>> indicates that your display graphics card doesn't
>>> support some
>>> features that OpenSolaris otherwise would use.
>>>
>>>> /usr/X11/bin/dispswitch exiting: too few (less
>>>
>>>  than 2) or too many
>>>>
>>>> (more than 2) crtcs: 1
>>>
>>> The following error message is related to
>>> accessibility:
>>>
>>>> No value set for
>>>
>>>  `/desktop/gnome/applications/at/visual/exec'
>>> There might be a problem with the a11y infastructure.
>>>  If you
>>> emoved any core a11y base libraries or
>>> SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs
>>> this might cause the sorts of behavior you describe.
>>
>> Yeah the beginning image was pretty basic and I tried to install as little
>> as possible.  I'm still open to the possibility that I'm just missing a
>> package that is needed.  I just wish I could find some more logs that would
>> give me a better idea of what is happening while gnome is starting.
>>>
>>> Brian
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