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Setting up X11 Access to the Solaris GUI Gnome Desktop

How to  access the GUI desktop environment on a Solaris 11 SPARC server from

Windows, MAC, Solaris or Linux desktop computer.



As most of the time SPARC based servers are installed using the Oracle Solaris 11 Text 

Installer (installing the solaris-large-server group of software packages), the desktop 

environment is not installed (mostly to keep the system lightweight) . So the only option

for connecting remotely to the server is with an SSH client and a command line interface 

(Known as Terminal). Most widely used software to connect to a command line is Putty.

For beginners , who haven’t worked on any unix/linux system , it takes time to

adjust to the commands and syntax of terminals (The so called black screen). 





Installation Overview


To accomplish our task  we will  follow these three steps:


1. Install the Gnome desktop environment on our SPARC server.

Note – If we use the text installation method, the Oracle Solaris Desktop package (solaris-desktop)

 is not installed on our system by default.


2. Enable XDMCP connections on the SPARC server.

XDMCP is a remote desktop protocol used by several UNIX systems, including Solaris. With 

XDMCP, your desktop computer running X11 can connect to the SPARC server and interact 

with the SPARC server as if you were physically at the SPARC server.


3. Install an X Server program on your desktop.It could be Putty or mobs Xterm

or any other tool of your choice .
Please find the links for both:
Putty : visit here
moba xterm : visit here




Detailed Steps



Step 1. Install the Gnome desktop environment on your SPARC server


Log into the SPARC server as root.   The server needs to have access to a software repository 

so that you can install the solaris-desktop package as follows:


# pkg install solaris-desktop



Step 2. Enable XDMCP connections on the SPARC server


When the installation is complete, enable XDMCP connections by editing the 

/etc/gdm/custom.conf file. Add this line to the end of the file:


[xdmcp]

Enable=true



Step 3. Enable xvnc-inetd as follows:


# inetadm -e xvnc-inetd



Step 4. Restart the graphical login service (gdm) as follows:


# svcadm restart svc:/application/graphical-login/gdm:default


Once all the mentioned steps are performed check the state of the

 gdm service by typing:


# svcs -vx





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