* Ryan de Laplante <ryan at ijws.com> [2008-05-23 13:36]: > A few days after I installed 2008 05 I found that after each log out/back in, > it would take longer to log in. After about 2-3 times it would get stuck > logging in until I rebooted. Eventually it got to a point where even after > rebooting I would get a blank gray screen and a mouse pointer after logging > in. I tried leaving it for hours and it never came to life. I would have to > CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to go back to login screen and try again. I left it for > a few days then just before I was about to re-install the OS it started > working again. I still noticed it became less reliable after logging out/in > again. > > Today I am unable to log into my computer. I get a blank screen and even > after rebooting I still get the blank screen forever. I have seen other > people mention similar problems with OpenSolaris 2008 05. > > Any ideas? This is making it hard for me to use OpenSolaris on my Sun Ultra > 24 workstation as a development computer. I'm afraid that I'll get locked > out of my computer every few days and have to reinstall the OS. > > FYI I do have Compiz turned on.
I would have guessed a memory leak, but you say it persists after reboot. I suppose you could have filled up a filesystem as well, or have a failing disk... Try booting to single-user mode, and having a look around. (When the grub menu comes up, select the menu item, but press 'e', and add "-s" to the end of the kernel line... unless you've customized something.) - Stephen -- sch at sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/sch/
