resolution and login screen
I am a first time solaris user who is new to unix in general. I installed solaris having chosen a 1280x1024 resolution, but after setup and everything had finished the res went back to 640x480 at 60Hz. I am running this in VMware Workstation 5.5 by the way. The resolution picker does not list any other possible settings and I cannot find the correct xorg.conf file. There is a .xorg.conf but is this the correct one? Didnt think it was hidden.
Another issue is the GDM. I have gone into the "login screen setup" utility to make the login screen nice and pretty, but my settings do not seem to take effect. I have chosen the "graphical greeter" for both local and remote login but still keep getting the original type screen. do I have to somehow diable the old one for the new one to take over?
I am looking for a replacement desktop instead of windows, so far its either FreeBSD or Solaris10. I have had some difficulties getting solaris running for a while and now found a vm that actually runs it, so i'll be happy once its configured a bit :-)
I would appreciate any feedback on this. Thanks :-)
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XyuRi] at [2007-11-26 7:33:26]
# 1
Run kdmconfig. It will tell you which Xserver you're running (XSun or Xorg.) For xorg it will point you to the xorg configuration utility and file location:
(1) Create an xorg.conf file with one of these commands:
/usr/X11/bin/Xorg -configure, or
/usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig, or
/usr/X11/bin/xorgcfg
(2) Edit the resultant xorg.conf file with any changes needed
(3) Move the xorg.conf file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
For more details about Xorg configuration, refer to the Xorg man pages
in /usr/X11/man. This directory is not in the default man page path, so
to view these pages, use one of these options:
(1) Add this directory to the MANPATH environment variable setting.
(2) Use the "-M /usr/X11/man" option of the man command.
Note, Xorg command line options may override xorg.conf settings.
See the Release Notes for more details on passing options to Xorg.
You may be running dtlogin instead of gdm as your login manager.To enable gdm do this:
Disable dtlogin:
Login via a remote shell or a console terminal session.
/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d
svcadm enable -s gdm
pkill dtlogin
gdm-restart
I hope this helps!
bnitz at 2007-7-6 19:30:30 >
# 2
Thank you for helping :-)
I have managed to use xorgcfg to edit my settings, although I cannot find a way to make 1280 or 1024 work with vmware, btu thats not much of a problem.
The commands you gave me to use gdm almost went smoothly. Here is a screenshot of how it went:
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1272/tryingforgdm7ac.png
Any other suggestions?
XyuRi at 2007-7-6 19:30:30 >
# 5
Hi,I believe Xorg won't give you anything above 640x480 on vmware,use the Sun X server instead. With XSun you should be able to get 1280x1024.Regards,Girish
