> 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 > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected]
> 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 > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
