GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment Troubleshooting Guide

9.3.1 OpenWindows Login Option Is Missing

Problem  

Affects all European locales in the Solaris 8 operating environment. This is not a problem for the Solaris 9 operatinig environment. 

When you install the GNOME 2.0 Desktop you might notice that OpenWindows is no longer present as a session option in the login screen.  

Solution  

Perform the following steps to restore the OpenWindows option to the login screen: 

  1. Log in as root.

  2. Run the following command:

    cp /usr/dt/config/C/Xresources.d/Xresources.ow /usr/dt/config/locale/Xresources.d/Xresources.ow

Where locale corresponds to the locale for which you wish to restore the OpenWindows login option.