Hi Jon, I did not get what you meant and what you wanted to know, but the following might be of help:
Try boot from "boot text" which is the second option in grub; Use cde-login instead of gdm to drop to console (I saw you already did that). Hope it helps. Aaron On 04/29/09 08:41, Jon Strabala wrote: > Hello, > > I have an issue with the X server not cleanly shutting down on either an > "init 0" or an "init 6" or a "shutdown/restart/reboot form the GUI" > > I can use the cde-login menu to select a "command line login" and it gos to > my laptops "console text mode" cleanly. But when I use the GUI as indicated > in he first paragraph or the init scripts the screen goes completely black > with some flickering snow on the uppermost line. > > Is there some way I can adjust things (service dependancy or a legacy rc > script) to > get the screen into a clean "comand line" like state on reboots or shutdowns. > > I tinkered with the following (-t is temporary until net reboot). > > svcadm disable -t svc:/application/graphical-login/cde-login:default > svcadm restart svc:/system/console-login:default > > Once it seemed to work, clean console text, (when I disabled/enabled/disabled > the cde-login a few time) but it did not seem to do anything other than > "steal the console". > > I guess I want to now what the GUI's cde-login actions of "logout" and then > selecting "command line login" does and can I add a similar set of calls (via > scripts or something) in the normal shutdown scripts. > > Occurs on my laptop is a G70-250US (HP) but works on other hardware. > > # uname -a > SunOS binky 5.11 snv_111 i86pc i386 i86pc > > # prtdiag | head -2 > System Configuration: Hewlett-Packard HP G70 Notebook PC > BIOS Configuration: Hewlett-Packard F.32 11/20/2008 > > > Thanks in advance. > > Jon Strabala -- You know some birds are not meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. ????????????????????????
