Frank Middleton wrote: > On 04/28/09 20:41, Jon Strabala wrote: > >> 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" > > You are not the only one having this problem. When gdm (or an xdmcp > session) terminates, the screen either goes blank or just has a few > lines flickering at the top. Sometimes you can restart gdm from > another machine by ssh and then running gdm or X from the command > line. This is with 2008.11 with the latest image update to snv111, > on a very old PC normally used as an X-terminal. > > There is also a bit of a problem on startup. If you tell grub not > to use graphical login, the screen is obviously out of sync with > the frame buffer and is unusable. If you svcadm disable > graphical-login but boot with graphical login enabled, you get > the splash screen with the never-ending roller, but if you hit > the return key the splash screen goes away and you get a text login. > > Not sure if the startup and shutdown problems are related but I > suspect the solutions might be. One thing that would be really > nice would be a command line login option like we used to have > with the old dt login. A failsafe xterm isn't the same... > > I do not use opensolaris everyday, so I don't know if dtlogin got kicked out of opensolaris entirely. But if not, as I mentioned in the previous email you can disable gdm and enable cde-login, and boot from text, then I think you can get everything you want.
I have not tried this yet, but I think it worth a shot. Anyway, it just a temperory workaround, gdm will work fine when we have virtual terminals. -- Aaron > > _______________________________________________ > xwin-discuss mailing list > xwin-discuss at opensolaris.org
