Can't start CDE on console

[Griselda Sanchez]

Hi!
I have been experience a problem starting a session with CDE on my console.
I can login to the system (is a workstation) from another computer by exceed and the CDE appears without problems, but when the session starts at the console only appears "starting Desktop Login on display jzlcocw1:0... Wait for Desktop Login Screen before logging in." and nothing happened.
I restart the ws and it stops on the same message.
At the beginning I thought was a .profile problem, but I restore the file from a backup and restart the server and wasn't work.
Thanks for you help.

[Alex Glennie]

OK so we know CDE is working correctly otherwise the CDE session via exceed wouldn't work.

Try checking the contents of the /usr/dt/config/Xservers file and also the same file under /etc/dt/config ...

if either have the last line * console local@console commented out uncomment and restart X/CDE.

If both look OK ->

/sbin/init 2
/usr/bin/X11/X :0 ... does this error at all ?

fyi will exit from the grey mesh screen if needed.

[Alessandro Pilati]

Griselda,
give a look in the following log files:
/var/dt/Xerrors

/var/X11/Xserver/logs/Xstartup.0.log
( to see what Xserver is being started )

/var/X11/Xserver/logs/Xf86.0.log
( if you use Xfree86 as Xwindow system )

Give a look also in /etc/dt/config/Xservers for this entry:

:0 Local local@console /usr/bin/X11/X :0

You can also launch this script to verify the correct configuration of CDE:
/usr/contrib/bin/X11/dr_dt
and check for warnings and errors

Regards,
Alessandro

[Griselda Sanchez]

Hi.
I don't have * console local@console commented.
I did this
/sbin/init 2
/usr/bin/X11/X :0 , but it didn't anything.

I check var/dt/Xerrors, and there isn't something.

#jzlcocw1:/> more /var/X11/Xserver/logs/Xstartup.0.log
/usr/bin/X11/X: attempting to determine which X server to start

/usr/bin/X11/X: Execing /usr/bin/X11/Xhp :0 -auth /var/dt/jzlcoAAAa11980


And finally here is the dr_dt output

[Griselda Sanchez]

On the drlog appears some messages that the CDE isn't available, and this is because when I run this, the ws was on init 2 because of the other test.

Thanks

[Fabio Ettore]

Hi,

check if mouse and keyboard are connected.
It is a known problem when either keyboard or mouse (or both) are not connected on console.

Let me know if it helps you too.

Best regards,
Fabio

[Alex Glennie]

Odd that X:0 didn't error or work ... ?

/tmp isn't full by any chance ?

bdf ?

Other thoughts ... you say this is a console ... by which you mean a graphics monitor as opposed to a green system console right ?

I'd also be tempted to ammend the permissions on /var/spool/sockets and on the X executable ..

other than that you could try a rmsf /dev/*crt*
and then recreate using insf -evd framebuf .. but again I'd of expected to see some indication of a problem in either a log file or from the cmd line after running X: 0

[Griselda Sanchez]

I checked the connections of the mouse and keyboard and everything is ok.
I already ran /usr/bin/X11/X :0 and nothing happened, not an error message and didnâ t work ether.
Bdf
/dev/vg00/lvol3 409600 160856 246832 39% /
/dev/vg00/lvol1 393392 60640 293408 17% /stand
/dev/vg01/lvol3 4194304 3562792 626648 85% /var
/dev/vg00/lvol7 2457600 1082896 1365064 44% /usr
/dev/vg01/lvol2 2506752 2116156 366230 85% /u02
/dev/vg00/lvol6 204800 164760 40040 80% /tmp
/dev/vg01/lvol1 2097152 1340160 751104 64% /opt
/dev/vg00/lvol5 3170304 1509489 1557036 49% /opt/oracle
/dev/vg00/lvol4 204800 181096 23696 88% /home


:/> ll /var/spool/sockets
total 32
drwxrwxrwx 2 root sys 8192 Aug 31 08:47 ICE
drwxrwxrwt 2 bin bin 96 Sep 5 15:21 X11
drwxrwxrwx 2 root sys 96 Jan 28 2003 common
srwxrwxrwx 1 daemon sys 0 Sep 5 15:21 grmd
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 8192 Sep 5 15:30 pwgr

:/var/spool/sockets/X11> ll
total 32
srwxrwxrwx 1 daemon daemon 0 Sep 5 15:21 0
-rw------- 1 daemon daemon 44 Sep 5 15:17 daemon:0
-rw------- 1 root sys 44 Sep 5 15:21 root:0

[ErikTheHack]

Griselda,
I realize that you had this issue quite some time ago but do you recall how you resolved the problem?

I've just done a fresh install of 11.0 on a 712/80 and have ended up with exactly the same problem and I have no idea of how to resolve it.

Thanks in advance for any info!