I have been able to get CDE working under Solaris _8_ by doing the
following with VNC 3.3.3r2:
* Download and install VNC somewhere (I picked /usr/local/vnc)
* Add the following line to /etc/services
vnc 5901/tcp # Virtual Network Computing
* Add the following (one long) line to /etc/inetd.conf
vnc stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/local/vnc/Xvnc Xvnc
-inet -query localhost -once -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24
-dpi 100
* Send a SIGHUP to inetd
ps -ef | grep inetd
<find the process>
kill -HUP <pid>
* Connect with the VNC client to <hostname>:1, and you should get the
dtlogin screen. Log in, and you should end up with either CDE
(default) or Openwindows depending upon what you select for your
session.
A few notes:
Port 5900 was already in use by my system, so I had to pick 5901. If
you can use 5900, you can skip the ":1" part in the client.
To use this method depends upon XDMCP being available. Some people
turn it off for (reasonable) security reasons.
I had a problem at one point with dtwm (the CDE window manager)
SIGSEGVing at one point. I rebooted the machine, problem went away,
root cause unknown.
Bob.
--- Tom Kaczmarski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tom Britton wrote:
>
> > 2) I saw the message "RE: Solaris 2.7 CDE issues" from
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > dated a day or two ago, and tried adding "-query <host>" to the
> vncserver
> > script. It helped, in that I now get the CDE login screen and
> can enter
> > name/password. But it only gets to the CDE splash screen then
> sits with the
> > hourglass cursor "forever" (till patience runs out).
>
> Well, there should be some waiting period, but nothing that long.
> It sounds
> like a CDE issue.
>
> Tom
>
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