Stopping and Starting CDE
The Solaris Common Desktop Environment (CDE), compatible among various workstation manufacturers, provides users with a desktop graphical interface on a Sun Workstation running Solaris operating system.
This is a simple procedure to disable and enable CDE
Stop/Suspend CDE
To temporary stop/suspend CDE (not persistent across reboots):
# /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -kill
Disable CDE
To completely disable CDE (persistent across reboots):
# /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d # /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -kill
Start CDE
To start the desktop environment:
# /usr/dt/bin/dtlogin -daemon ; exit
Enable CDE
To start and persistently enable CDE across reboots:
# /etc/init.d/dtlogin start(Wait a while)
# /usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e