CDE not starting

[Ted Buis]

Do a hostname, then nslookup on the hostname. You said you don't have network name switch service resolution issues, but what you are describing is very typical of what I see when CDE can look itself up. Make sure your hostname is in /etc/hosts and make sure it is in the list. You can use 'sam' set that up.

[Sameer_Nirmal]

Hi,

Did you force the CDE to re-read the config file after changing the Xservers file for Console CDE log on ?
It is usually done by
# /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -reset

How did you try to start CDE on console?

Do you see some errors while CDE startup , just before "Suspending desktop login"
Check the CDE log files
/var/dt/Xerrors
$HOME/.dt/errorlog
$HOME/.dt/startlog
( $HOME is the home directory of the user trying to log on )

Run dr_dt script as
# /usr/contrib/bin/X11/dr_dt
Look for Warning and Error messages.

Are you saying you don't get CDE log on window on console , but you do on X-Terminal?

Make sure you could able to login as root and non-root user with CDE thereafter.

[Mario Caceres_1]

Yes, I can start the CDE from X-terminals.

Error text in the /var/dt/Xerrors file:
"error (pid 3955): Server open attempt #1 failed for Local, giving up"

The /.dt/errorlog file is empty

I attach the result of the dr_dt script

Regards,

Mario.

[Sameer_Nirmal]

Hi,

As you can get in CDE from remote X terminal, it seems to be a problem only with local display . Something maybe you are missing.

Did you configure the /etc/dt/config/Xservers
file local display and reset the dtlogin as I said before?

I guess there is some mis-match about hostname and ip-address in your case
If you look at the dr_dt report , the DISPLAY variable is set to a ip address .
I am not sure about that ip. Just make sure you set the this variable correctly
pointing to the correct "hostname/ip-address" ( your system) from either /etc/hosts or DNS ( nslookup
Rest of the things in the report looks OK . If above is taken care of , then CDE should work on local display.