On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:01:39 +0200
Jeppe Toustrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 14 September 2007 00:26:15 you wrote:
> > I can only suggest what I would try. Gdm calls the
> > /etc/opt/SUNWut/basedir/lib/utxsun script which at the end executes the
> > real X server, /usr/bin/Xnewt. You could try to debug the utxsun script by
> > adding some "echo 'I am here' >> /tmp/utxsunlog" lines (or some more
> > intelligent debug commands).
> > Replace the last line
> > exec $XSUN "$@" $XMOREOPTS $XOPTS
> > by
> > exec strace -ff -o /tmp/strace.log $XSUN "$@" $XMOREOPTS $XOPTS
> >
> > in order to get a trace log of the X server. Perhaps it gives some hints
> > why the X server doesn't start up.
> >
> > Meik
>
> Hi again
>
> Thank you for your tip, that was really helpfull. From the strace logs I
> figured out that it was looking for some fonts, rgb.txt and some other files,
> which I symlinked my way out of. Now I get the classical grey screen with a X
> as a mouse cursor on it, when I boot up the SunRay.
Hm, I've never seen this particular state on my SunRays.
So everything that follows is guesswork.
It seems that gdm is able to start X but not able to start
its "visible parts" (either /usr/lib/gdm/gdmgreeter or /usr/lib/gdm/gdmlogin).
By default, gdm uses "gdmgreeter" which is the fancy variant. It can use
themes,
background pictures etc. "gdmlogin" is the simpler/older variant with an
unpretentious
Login window. You select it by adding the line
Greeter=/usr/lib/gdm/gdmlogin
in the [daemon] section of gdm.conf. Perhaps you can try this.
Also have a look into the [greeter] section of gdm.conf.
Perhaps something points to a non-existing themes directory or
background image.
> The logfiles on the server doesn't help me out much, gdm's log from the
> session only contains:
>
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, removing from
> list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from
> list!
>
> I haven't been able to find those fonts, but could they be causing it?
No, this is harmless. You can remove these font paths from xorg.conf
but I am quite sure this is not related to the problem.
> Xorg's logfile doesn't come with any errors, neither does SRSS. I am still
> able to connect to gdm using Xnest, so gdm is working some way at least.
>
> Any hints?
Use "pstree -p" to find the master gdm process (which spawns all the other),
then start "strace -ff -o some_logfile -p <pid of the master gdm>,
restart a sunray client (so that the master gdm starts a new gdm child) and
have a look at the strace logs.
Good luck!
Meik
--
Meik Hellmund
Mathematisches Institut, Uni Leipzig
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.math.uni-leipzig.de/~hellmund
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