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First of all, I logged in using Command Line Login.

Then I validated that there was a gdm.conf was located in /etc/X11/gdm. Since I had one of the later releases (after 03/05), I didn't have to fuss with changing the Server Description.

I used /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -kill to kill the existing dtlogin.
Here it's a good idea to run a ps -eaf | grep dtlogin to ensure all processes are stopped.
Now disable automatic dtlogin by executing /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d
Then enable GDM by executing svcadm enable application/gdm2-login
When you exit the Command Line Shell, GDM will load.

Your backout plan:
1. Disable GDM: svcadm disable application/gdm2-login
2. Re-enable automatic dtlogin: /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -e
3. I killed -9 any GDM processes. (Maybe I did a ps, maybe I didn't)
4. I started dtlogin through /etc/inet.d/dtlogin start
5. Exiting the shell should return to the old ways.

Good Luck, Mike ( Jun 07 2005, 02:59:32 PM CDT ) Permalink Comments [1]