booting solaris

triley · 01-17-2006, 03:30 PM

I've got a solaris 8 box and each time it boots, an error message pops up saying that the Xsession cannot be displayed. Is there a way to boot into run level 3, similar to linux? Thanks.

jlliagre · 01-17-2006, 05:53 PM

You just need to disable CDE: "dtconfig -d", run level have different roles between Solaris and Linux (and sometimes between Linux distros too).

triley · 01-17-2006, 08:03 PM

Do you disable CDE prior to logging in?

jlliagre · 01-18-2006, 02:54 AM

You disable CDE whenever you want.

javier.e.menendez · 01-31-2006, 03:56 PM

by the way, in solaris 8, rc3 is the default. However, rc3 in solaris is multi user mode with shared resources (includes gui, unless disabled). the gui loads in rc2 in /etc/rc2.d/S99dtlogin. be aware rc3 in linux not= rc3 in solaris

jlliagre · 02-01-2006, 03:30 AM

Correct, and even rc3 is linux is not always rc3 in linux ...
Some distros do not follow the same conventions.
Everyone agree on what are run levels 0, 1 and 6, but the other ones may vary.