Christine: Hi there. I am the GDM maintainer, so I'm probably a good person to help you figure out the problem.
After you see the problem (with GDM failing to start and ending up in maintenance mode), could you forward me the following file: /var/svc/log/application-gdm2-login:default.log Any errors that GDM has with starting should be in the log. Does running gdm-stop when you run "svcadm clear" make a difference? It should ensure that the GDM daemons are truly fully stopped. If this fixes your problem, perhaps the svc manifest file should be fixed so that the clear command runs gdm-stop? Brian > I don't know if this has been discussed elsewhere, I just upgraded to > 6/06 (yes, 2 weeks before U3 comes out) and am discovering that > gdm2-login is a hit or miss service. I don't know what the true hangup > is, but to me it's appears to be a timing condition that can be fixed > with dependency. > > So, on my laptop, I may get "method exit due to error" or something like > that, and I end up having a text login screen. I login at console to > find gdm2-login in maintenance. I clear it, the service comes online, I > have a nice gdm greeter and I login. Peachy. Only when I get logged > in, there's no mouse response. I can't logout either. ALT+CTRL+BKSPC > to break session and I see something on console about utmp thinks it > owns /dev/console but gdm2-login thinks the same thing. There's really > no way to fix this unless I can get in via network and disable > gdm2-login, get my console back where I am still logged in, and exit > that shell. > > My fix when gmd2-login goes into maintenance is to login at console and > do 'at now + 1 minute svcadm clear gdm2-login' and then quickly exit my > console login. Is there a bug filed or has this been fixed properly by > some other means? > > CT > _______________________________________________ > smf-discuss mailing list > smf-discuss at opensolaris.org
