Solaris CDE problem

Hi,

I have a Sunblade 100 with a Expert3D-Lite card. For some reason at boot time
the system does no start the X server, so no CDE login screen displayed.

As root I can type 'openwin' and that will fire up opewindows, but as a normal
user this fails.

In the /var/dt/Xerrors file I am seeing some messages like

'Server -auth cannot be executed'
'Server unexpectedly died'

Any ideas what to look for to try and fix this? The /etc/dt/config/Xservers file
is referencing the Expert3D card OK.

thanks

Keith

Hi,

KeithS wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Sunblade 100 with a Expert3D-Lite card. For some reason at boot
> time
> the system does no start the X server, so no CDE login screen displayed.
>
> As root I can type 'openwin' and that will fire up opewindows, but as a
> normal
> user this fails.
>
> In the /var/dt/Xerrors file I am seeing some messages like
>
> 'Server -auth cannot be executed'
> 'Server unexpectedly died'
>
> Any ideas what to look for to try and fix this? The
> /etc/dt/config/Xservers file
> is referencing the Expert3D card OK.
>
> thanks
>
> Keith

As root try /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e

/michael

Michael Laajanen wrote:

>
> As root try /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e
>
> /michael

Hi Michael, tried that, no change.

As root or as a user without any .xinitrc you can type 'xinit'
and the X server will come up, and typing 'dtwm' into the console
then gives you a CDE session. So its all rather strange.

KeithS wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Sunblade 100 with a Expert3D-Lite card. For some reason at boot
> time
> the system does no start the X server, so no CDE login screen displayed.
>
> As root I can type 'openwin' and that will fire up opewindows, but as a
> normal
> user this fails.
>
> In the /var/dt/Xerrors file I am seeing some messages like
>
> 'Server -auth cannot be executed'
> 'Server unexpectedly died'
>
> Any ideas what to look for to try and fix this? The
> /etc/dt/config/Xservers file
> is referencing the Expert3D card OK.
>
> thanks
>
> Keith

Ensure you have keyboard and mouse connected.
Ensure you have installed the kernel driver for the Expert3D-Lite
(IMHO the SUNWifb* packages).

You normally don't need the

/etc/dt/config/Xservers

Probably you should temporarily disable (rename) it.


--
echo imhcea\.lophc.tcs.hmo |
sed 's2\(....\)\(.\{5\}\)2\2\122;s1\(.\)\(.\)1\2\11g;1 s;\.;::;2'

Michael Tosch wrote:

>
> Ensure you have keyboard and mouse connected.
> Ensure you have installed the kernel driver for the Expert3D-Lite
> (IMHO the SUNWifb* packages).

Yes, these are all OK. It can run X / CDE, but only if you start it manually.

>
> You normally don't need the
>
> /etc/dt/config/Xservers
>
> Probably you should temporarily disable (rename) it.
>

I can give it a try...

- Keith

On Aug 23, 2:36 am, KeithS wrote:
> In the /var/dt/Xerrors file I am seeing some messages like
>
> 'Server -auth cannot be executed'
> 'Server unexpectedly died'

Looks like you have a typo in the X invocation in your /etc/dt/config/
Xservers
file. Please post the contents of that file.

OttoM.
__
ottomeister

Disclaimer: These are my opinions. I do not speak for my employer.

ottomeister-at-mail.com wrote:
> On Aug 23, 2:36 am, KeithS wrote:
>> In the /var/dt/Xerrors file I am seeing some messages like
>>
>> 'Server -auth cannot be executed'
>> 'Server unexpectedly died'
>
> Looks like you have a typo in the X invocation in your /etc/dt/config/
> Xservers
> file. Please post the contents of that file.
>
> OttoM.
> __
> ottomeister
>
> Disclaimer: These are my opinions. I do not speak for my employer.


Here it is:


:0 Local local_uid-at-console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun :0 -nobanner
-dev /dev/fbs/ifb0
# :0 Local local_uid-at-console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun :0 -nobanner
#-dev /dev/fb


- Keith