> On 01/25/10 07:04, Bruce Porter wrote:
> > Ok, did the upgrade this morning from 111b to 131.
> >
> > 1st off, boot time now appears to be a lot quicker
> so an improvement over 124->130 from that POV :-)
> >
> > Unfortunately I still cannot get the GUI up (as has
> been the way since attempts to load 130).
> >
> > The system boots, GDM starts up, screen goes blank
> with cursor in top left. Eventually the entire screen
> blanks (no sign of cursor), so I have to reboot.
> Ctrl/Alt/Backspace makes no difference.
> >
> > I have booted the system into single user and
> disabled GDM so I can get at any logs that may be
> needed to help resolve.
> >
> > Back to working in 111b.
> >
> > Is this the relevant bug ?
> >
> >
> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bu
> g_id=6912996
> 
> Could be, if your system has an Xorg process hanging
> on the same ioctl
> call.  You don't really provide enough information to
> know for sure.
> There can be a lot of different problems that cause
> the login screen
> to not display.
> 
> If you would like to look into this further and
> provide more diagnostic
> information, the tips I recently provided in this
> email suggest ways to
> get more information about why GDM might be failing:
> 
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-disc
> uss/2010-January/053498.html
> 
> Brian
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> On 01/25/10 07:04, Bruce Porter wrote:
> > Ok, did the upgrade this morning from 111b to 131.
> >
> > 1st off, boot time now appears to be a lot quicker
> so an improvement over 124->130 from that POV :-)
> >
> > Unfortunately I still cannot get the GUI up (as has
> been the way since attempts to load 130).
> >
> > The system boots, GDM starts up, screen goes blank
> with cursor in top left. Eventually the entire screen
> blanks (no sign of cursor), so I have to reboot.
> Ctrl/Alt/Backspace makes no difference.
> >
> > I have booted the system into single user and
> disabled GDM so I can get at any logs that may be
> needed to help resolve.
> >
> > Back to working in 111b.
> >
> > Is this the relevant bug ?
> >
> >
> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bu
> g_id=6912996
> 
> Could be, if your system has an Xorg process hanging
> on the same ioctl
> call.  You don't really provide enough information to
> know for sure.

I like to make sure someone is interested before I start dumping wads of data 
:-)
Also as soon as it goes blank I lose my interaction with it :-(

(yes, I know, get on a network connection 1st ..... :- ) )

> There can be a lot of different problems that cause
> the login screen
> to not display.
> 
> If you would like to look into this further and
> provide more diagnostic
> information, the tips I recently provided in this
> email suggest ways to
> get more information about why GDM might be failing:
> 
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-disc
> uss/2010-January/053498.html

Ta, I'll have a go when I get some more time to delve into it, will try the 
suggested fix from George 1st.
> 
> Brian
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