Problem Starting CDE - SUN Solaris

rochitsharma · #1 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006

hi,

I have installed Solaris 10 from dvd. I have a 1.8GHz processor and 512mb RAM. When I start it, a message is displayed that Xserver cannot be initialised. Please tell me how to start computer in GUI mode, because it logs me into console mode.

Regards
Rochit

reborg · #2 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006

Have you read the release notes? This is documented there.

rochitsharma · #3 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006

no, i have not read the Release Notes... But I have installed Solaris using its GUI interface only.... Please could u help me out...

BOFH · #4 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006

Code:

# /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e

That will enable it on startup. If you don't want to reboot, run

Code:

# /etc/init.d/dtlogin start

And then log out. You should have a GUI log in screen assuming you're at the console of the server.

Of course if you're trying this remotely, you'll need to export the desktop to your system and that's a whole different set of questions

Carl

DukeNuke2 · #5 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006

if the xserver won't work, try using the xsun server. login as root on the console and run "kdmconfig" to configure the xserver/xsun settings....

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