The machine does not show the CDE login screen

[Sheshikanth]

Thanks a lot to the forum members for their quick response..

The HP-UNIX machine which iam using does not show the CDE login screen when it boots up into mode 4. Just the background is displayed, which is a black and white mesh.

I'm at a loss as I more comfortable with linux and the man pages are not around on the box. I've gone through /etc/rc.log and have seen that /sbin/rc3.d has a link to /sbin/init.d/dtlogin. Could I please get help on how to fix this.

The console shows a few warnings during boot.
- /sbin/ioinitrc invokes vgchange and it complains about /dev/dsk/c2t0d0, /dev/vg01 and /dev/dsk/c2t4d0 i.e. that they are not present.
- The following message is printed twice:
'/sbin/rc[38] 048 specific number is not valid for this command'

Next it starts the stuff in /sbin/rc[234].d. Finally, it says 'System ready' and displays the 'Console login:' before going into X.

[Duncan Edmonstone]

Not sure if its still there (not at a system right now...) but there use to be a diagnostic command (known as Doctor Desktop or dr_dt) for this kind of thing...

see if you can run:

/usr/contrib/bin/X11/dr_dt

HTH

Duncan

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Welcome to HP-UX.

1) init 4 is not a default login for HP-UX, it only uses run levels up to 3. Its possible the font server being shut down at that level.

2) Everything in hpux is in /sbin instead of /etc for run level controls. Look at /sbin/rc3.d and /sbin/rc4.d for what should be running.

3) Font server is the same as Linux. /sbin/init.d/xfs Make sure its running. For boot configuration see /etc/rc.config.d/xfs

SEP

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

when
'Console login:'
appears, you can type 'root' then press 'enter' - if the ws wants a passwd you have to type it in. Maybe it is empty.
Then you can check log files like:
/var/X11/Xserver/logs/Xf86.0.log
and check what's wrong.
Also check what's in /sbin/rc4.d.
Do you need anything in it?
Or post it here and we can tell you if you can delete it.

Volkmar
P.S.
Which hardware and which os do you have?

[Sheshikanth]

I tried all the options:
- Went through /var/X11/Xserver/logs/Xstart... & /var/X11/Xserver/logs/X0 (& /var/adm/syslog...) without any luck
- /sbin/rc4.d is empty
- A link to xfs was there in r[23].d but it was disabled by /etc/rc.config.d/xfs. Modifying the config file to make the server run didn't make a diff.
- I tried running /usr/contrib/bin/X11/dr_dt in mode 2. It didn't really help other than asking me to do a chown or chmod on a few files.

Unfortunately things havn't changed i.e. the b&w mesh screen is still there, in mode [34].

The box is a hp workstation j6700 and its running B.11.00 of hpux.