I believe I have a working scratch install of S10u2 on my new server box, but when I boot it, after relatively few seconds I get a message on the screen that X login screen is coming and I should wait for it. Then the screen blanks, and I cannot talk to the system through the keyboard again. I don't currently have it on a LAN so I have no *other* way to talk to it (but I notice that the default tools installed don't include sshd anyway).
During the install, it went into graphics mode fine, and seemed to find the name of the video card and be happy with it. So, short-term I want to turn off X login and just work through the console. I might be able to type fast enough to do that before the login screen comes up, if I knew the commands. It'd be an svcadmin disable <something> type of command? For some value of <something>? Anybody have any idea what? I think of "XDM" as the thing that provides X login screens at consoles. Is there a way to disable it by editing files in failsafe mode instead of trying to race with the X login screen? Long-term I guess I want to get X really working, but that can wait until I can see my system and install software and so forth. I'm just starting to review the SMF section in the administrator's guide, we'll see if that clues me. The "failsafe" environment is really icky. No command-line editing or command recall or filename completion, and more doesn't even work; it seems to exit at the end of the first screen. I'm hoping not to spend much time there. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/> _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
