[indiana-discuss] gdm/X does not start

[Alan Coopersmith]

William Headrick wrote:
>> Anil Jangity wrote:
>>> See attachments.
>>>
>>> /var/adm/messages:
>>>
>>> May 5 16:27:57 sjc gdm-binary[588]: [ID 702911 daemon.warning] WARNING: Failed to start X server several times in a short time period; disabling display :0
>>>
>>>
>>> ... oh, I forgot to plug the mouse in when I captured these logs, still the same issue with mouse in.
>> According to those logs, your X server started and is running on your
>> AST service processor/remote KVM.
> 
> 
> Alan,
> 
> I believe that I am running into the same issue on a Sun Fire x2270.  I've got the service processor on the machine as well.
> 
> The machine boots, but the text prompt is all that is displayed at the console.
> 
> How would I make the X server start on the "regular" display if I am having the same issue?

Is there any other display on these machines?   Sorry, but I'm not familiar with
the hardware, and don't really know.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering