no xwindow/cde botting

[al-ansaar]

wen i log in to the my unix workstation that is a hp c200 on hp-ux 11.00.b version.
it goes in to console mode and the xwindow/cde is not booting it just goes to the black console screen im not a expert on hp-ux im only lerning pleas can some one help me. thanx reguards ansar

[Elmar Bueker]

Hello!

Please check /var/dt/Xerrors here are the errors logged when somethings going wrong strating the X-Server.
Check if the hostname and the entry in /etc/hosts match. The X-Server won't start when the hostname is not found in /etc/hosts.

[Elmar P. Kolkman]

You can also check /etc/rc.config.d/desktop. It should contain an environment variable DESKTOP that is set to something like CDE

Did CDE boot correctly in the past on this server?

[Catherine Forget]

Hi, I had the problem a couple of times and did not know what it was. I had to go in /usr/dt/bin/dtrc and modify the line that define DTRC_D so it does not find the directory (i.e. change the name of the file) and restart the CDE from /sbin/init.d/dtlogin.rc. It worked for me. Hope that helps.

[Marc Ahrendt]

also keep in mind that CDE is not typically run unless you boot all the way up to run-level 3 ...so look at the 1st line in /etc/inittab to verify what run-level you boot to (or run "who -r")