[OpenIndiana-discuss] SMF and X11 startup problem [solved]

[Reginald Beardsley]

Sigh, I finally figured out what was wrong.

It's a dual monitor system, but because I have it on my test bench I only had one monitor connected.

Having read all the SMF documentation and wandered around /var looking at logs and discovering just how many places system logs are stored I'm rather appalled. It's using BSD, Sys V and SMF to perform the boot process. Having dealt with $100k/seat ISV packages, I understand why this is the case, but that doesn't make it any less ugly.

Many thanks to all, especially Alan and Rolf. It's time for me to rethink my systems configuration and retire u8. Performing admin work on 3 different systems is bad enough. Four different operating systems is one too many.

Have Fun!
Reg