[SunHELP] default windowmanager, framebuffer console, server installation

[Steve Wingate]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:48:27 +0100
"Kohler Benjamin" <Benjamin.Kohler at vpbank.com> wrote:

> Hello, 
> Iam new in solaris (from linux and *Bsd). I have a couple of questions. I
> hope that you can help me with it. 
> 1. How can I change the default windowmanager (from CDE to Afterstep)?

Create an .xinitrc file that ends with 'exec afterstep' just like you would on another *nix. At the login prompt select OpenWindows as your environment. OpenWindows will read the .xinitrc file and execute whatevers in it.


> 2. How can I activate framebuffer console? (bigger resolution)

Depends on the frame buffer you're using. It could be fbconfig, m64config, or an OBP command. Since you haven't said I can't tell you.

> 3. I see that in die Solaris world the most sysadmins install x-window on
> server. What is the background of this? 

Probably because Solaris doesn't support multiple consoles, so there is not ALT+F2, etc. Or because many Sun boxes run Oracle which requires a gui to install it and since many DBA's aren't sys admins they're more comfortable with a gui than a CLI.

> 4. How can i activate more consoles? (changing with Alt + F1, Alt + F2 ....)

See above answer.

> 
> thanks 
> Benjamin Kohler
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