This sounds like either GDM is failing to start up, or a problem
with the Xserver.

You could turn on debug by editing /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf and
setting "Enable=true" in the "[debug]" section.  Then try to restart
gdm (log into root and run "gdm" or reboot).  After it fails, check
the /var/adm/message file, and there should be GDM-related debug
messages that should highlight any errors GDM is noticing.

Any interesting error messages in your Xorg log file?  You can find
them in /var/log.  They are named Xorg.#.log, where the # is your
$DISPLAY number.  For the console display, the log would probably be
Xorg.0.log.

Brian


This is my first posting and attempt to get OpenSolaris working on my
Dell R610. The R610 is a dual Nehalem server with 16 GB RAM, Matrox
on-board video, 146GB SAS hard drive, and quad GbE ports.

The OpenSolaris 2009.06 LiveCD boots without issues, straight to the
GUI. I ran the Device Driver check and there were no reported issues;
all drivers (including video were installed). The screen resolution
defaulted to 1280 x 1024, which is my displays resolution. I proceeded
to install OpenSolaris on an entire hard drive. Installation was easy
and quick. After installation, I rebooted the server, and OpenSolaris
loaded. But, the GUI never appears. The display will flash 3-4 times,
and ultimately settle on the console login prompt.

I've tried a number of things, like:
a) svcs -x  (there is no output)
b) pfexec svcadm clean gdm     (got a message that :gdm:default is not
in a maintenance or degraded state)
c) svcadm enable gdm    (there is no output)
d) /usr/bin/X11/X -configure    (after a few seconds I got a blank
gray screen with an X mouse pointer and the system hangs indefinitely)

At this point I thought I would post here my Xorg.0.log file but I
cannot manage to get an SSH session to the OpenSolaris server. Putty
(my ssh client) reports "Couldn't agree a client-to-server cipher".

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Thomas
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