Looks like there were vestiges of gdm left around, perhaps from my previous attempts to get that back working. Anyway, found the lightdm svc disabled. After I enabled it, I got a lightdm logon greeter. Upgrades never seem to go smoothly for me...
On 4/17/18, Gordon Ross <gordon.w.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, did "pkg install mate_install" in a new BE, and it appears now > that it _tries_ to start a logon greeter of some sort. Unfortunately, > it doesn't stay up running long enough for me to see or do anything, > and once it exits (on this laptop) the screen is left in a mode that > vgatext doesn't know how to use. Last thing in var/adm/messages is: > > Apr 17 21:58:29 tr705 gdm-simple-slave[855]: [ID 702911 > daemon.warning] WARNING: Failed to give slave programs access to the > display. Trying to proceed. > Apr 17 21:58:29 tr705 gdm-simple-slave[855]: [ID 702911 > daemon.warning] WARNING: Couldn't look up uid > Apr 17 21:58:29 tr705 gdm-simple-slave[887]: [ID 702911 > daemon.warning] WARNING: User gdm doesn't exist > Apr 17 21:58:29 tr705 gdm-simple-slave[855]: [ID 702911 > daemon.warning] WARNING: Unable to parse output: > Apr 17 21:58:29 tr705 gdm-simple-slave[855]: [ID 702911 > daemon.warning] WARNING: Unable to parse D-Bus launch output > Apr 17 21:58:29 tr705 gdm-simple-slave[890]: [ID 702911 > daemon.warning] WARNING: User gdm doesn't exist > > Any more ideas? > > > > On 4/17/18, Gordon Ross <gordon.w.r...@gmail.com> wrote: >> does that mean I have to switch from gnome to mate? >> I was hoping to be a "late adopter" of that... >> >> Thanks >> >> >> On 4/17/18, Toomas Soome <tso...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 17 Apr 2018, at 18:40, Gordon Ross <gordon.w.r...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I recently updated the little laptop I used for drm testing, and after >>>> the update there's no logon screen. The gdm manifest is gone, so I >>>> guess it was supposed to switch to lightdm or something? I tried to >>>> enable lightdm, and got the below in the svc log. Ideas? >>>> >>> >>> I had the same, did pkg install mate_install, something there seemed to >>> help. >>> >>> rgds, >>> toomas >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> oi-dev mailing list >>> oi-dev@openindiana.org >>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev >>> >> >> >> -- >> Gordon Ross <g...@nexenta.com> >> Nexenta Systems, Inc. www.nexenta.com >> Enterprise class storage for everyone >> > > > -- > Gordon Ross <g...@nexenta.com> > Nexenta Systems, Inc. www.nexenta.com > Enterprise class storage for everyone > -- Gordon Ross <g...@nexenta.com> Nexenta Systems, Inc. www.nexenta.com Enterprise class storage for everyone _______________________________________________ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev