It is always good idea not to use the X windows system on dedicated Solaris servers. GUI consumes more resources (such as CPU, Memory). However, Solaris by default installs CDE or Gnome desktop.
If your Linux system boot to a shell prompt, you can start X window (GUI system) by typing following command:
$ startx
dtlogin script
Solaris do not use startx command. It comes with dtlogin script located in /etc/init.d directory. It is a display manager for the X Window System
Stopping dtlogin
# /etc/init.d/dtlogin stop
Starting dtlogin
If your Solaris system boot to a shell prompt, you can start X/dtlogin with following command:
# /etc/init.d/dtlogin start
Restart dtlogin
If dtlogin is not responding then you can restart it using ssh:
# /etc/init.d/dtlogin restart
Permanently disable dtlogin
If you wish to disable dtlogin, use dtconfig command. It is a desktop configuration utility for Solaris. This command is located at /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig. Login as a root user before using dtconfig command.
To disabled dtlogin type command:
# /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d
To enable dtlogin type command:
# /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e
To kill dtlogin type command:
# /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -kill
Read man page of dtlogin for more information.
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I think with Solaris 10 though, dtlogin is integrated into SMF. The guy who posts to forums and blogs the most about this topic is Alan Coopersmith, e.g. see:
The Desktop Configuration rights profile in Solaris 10
Sounds interesting…
Lemme try it some time later :) Thanks!
The Solaris 10 update 3 system I just looked at has the /etc/init.d/dtlogin script, but it is a wrapper around the SMF service cde-login.