>Number:         30888
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       gdm fails to start on netbsd/sparc64
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Aug 01 10:03:00 +0000 2005
>Originator:     Greg Evans
>Release:        2.0.2
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
NetBSD UltraBSD 2.0.2 NetBSD 2.0.2 (GENERIC) #0: Wed Mar 23 01:40:44 UTC 2005  builds@works.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE/sparc64/200503220140Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-2-0-2-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC sparc64
>Description:
After using pkgsrc to compile /pkgsrc/meta-packages/gnome, gdm fails to start with the error:

gdm[433]: Failed to start X server several times in a short time period; disabling display:0
gdm[433]: Failed to start X server several times in a short time period; disabling display:0
gdm[433]: Failed to start X server several times in a short time period; disabling display:0

This is on a Sparc Ultra 1 with cg6 video.
>How-To-Repeat:
compile gnome from meta-packages then attempt to start gdm.
>Fix:
# Definition of the standard X server.
[server-Standard]

name=Standard server
#command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X vt05 -audit 0
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0
flexible=true

The fix is to remove the 'vt05' from the command= line under [server-Standard].
Martin Husseman suggested this as a posible fix on the port-sparc64 mailinglist, and gdm came up as it should.