Enable Dynamic X Sessions
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The GNOME desktop runs on the X Window System. In this procedure, the term X session is used generically to identify this environment.
For more information about the /usr/lib/ConsoleKit/dsession command, use the --help option. To learn more about the GNOME desktop and ConsoleKit, see the gdm(1M) and console-kit-daemon(1M) man pages.
You must have the console role (c) and the admin role (a) in Oracle ILOM and administrator privileges on Oracle Solaris to complete this task.
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Log in to Oracle ILOM.
See Log In to Oracle ILOM (CLI).
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Start the host console.
See Start the Host Console.
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If necessary, start the host.
See Start a Host.
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If necessary, switch to the root role or other administrator role by using the su command.
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Disable the GNOME display manager.
# svcadm disable gdm
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Set the ConsoleKit consolekit/sessions property to an empty string.
# svccfg -s system/consolekit setprop \
consolekit/sessions = astring: ""
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Restart the consolekit service to enable the consolekit/sessions property.
# svcadm restart consolekit
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Enable the GNOME display manager.
# svcadm enable gdm