08-26-2014
Hi leosmith78 I had this same problem in the past, and it can be produced by different problems, it looks like Solaris 8 fallback to OW if the graphical login 'fails'. The bad notice, probably, one of the hidden files is corrupted, but, first of all, you must check the status of the quota (if it is active) and the home folder, it can be full. After that, I'm afraid that the most easy (not best) solution is to move all hidden files and folders to a new folder ( you can consider that the .mozilla/.basrc/.tcsh/.csh/.login/.profile, etc are not implicated, but you must not trust), after this move and a logout, the user will be asked to login in CDE or OW, the user will login in CDE without problem, at this point you can start to restore hidden files/folders and test if the login is correct, first of all you can restore the CDE (.dt) config folder, so you will need to login, see if all is correct, logout, restore a hidden file/folder, login... In my experience the .Xauthority and .Xdefaults files can produce this kind of problems, but every time can be different.
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dtinfolib
DtInfoLib(file format) DtInfoLib(file format)
NAME
DtInfoLib -- collection of book cases for browsing with dtinfo
SYNOPSIS
DtInfo_LoadInfoLib
Criteria:
DATA_ATTRIBUTES_NAME: DtInfoLib
NAME_PATTERN: ?*.dti*
CONTENT: 0 filename .oli
MODE: d|l
LINK_NAME: ?*.dti*
Attributes:
TYPE_LABEL: DtInfoLib
DESCRIPTION: On-line documentation for the Information Manager.
ICON: Dtinlib
PROPERTIES: NULL
ACTIONS: Open
IS_TEXT: false (could be true for criteria 2 match)
INSTANCE_ICON Field: [available for publisher-supplied or user's infolib icon]
DESCRIPTION
DtInfoLib is a desktop object representing a collection of book cases of documents that can be accessed through the CDE Information Man-
ager. DtInfoLib data criteria and data attributes are identified for use by desktop facilities. These are part of the CDE built-in data
types.
DtInfoLib is a directory that contains the collection of book cases available for a given information library. The contents of the DtIn-
foLib directory are not visible to the end-user through the desktop. The DtInfoLib object can be launched directly by double-clicking on
the associated icon or by dragging the icon on to the Information Manager icon in the File Manager or on the Front Panel.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
If defined, the environment variable DTINFOLIBSEARCHPATH may be used to find the default infolib (or infolibs) for the system. If provided,
the dtinfo command line argument given with the -l option overrides the environment. If none of the other path mechanisms are used, the
browser uses the standard CDE path.
ACTIONS
/MESSAGES
Double-clicking on the DtInfoLib object, or selecting Open from the objects select menu invokes the Open action on the object.
FILES
The default location for the desktop on line documentation library is /usr/dt/infolib/%L.
SEE ALSO
dtinfo(1), dtinfogen(1), dtinfoBook.dtd - dtinfoBookdtd(5), DtMmdbBookCaseGetInfo(3), DtMmdbInfoLibInfo(5)
DtInfoLib(file format)