How to enable GUI in a non global zone in solaris11?

How to enable graphical logon in a non global zone in solaris11, so the zone can be login by Xmanager? Thanks!

This guide will cover how to setup a basic VNC connection to a Solaris 11 machine. There is also an optional step to allow for persistent VNC connections.
Step 1
Configure GDM to include ‘[security] DisallowTCP=false’ and ‘[xdmcp] Enable=true’.
$ sudo gedit /etc/gdm/custom.conf
# GDM configuration storage
[daemon]
[security]
DisallowTCP=false
[xdmcp]
Enable=true
[greeter]
[chooser]
[debug]
Step 2
Configure X-Server to accept remote connections.
# svccfg -s application/x11/x11-server
svc:/application/x11/x11-server> setprop options/tcp_listen = boolean: true
svc:/application/x11/x11-server> end
Step 3
Configure the VNC service (you could change the ‘-geometry 1280×720′ to whatever resolution you would like).
# svccfg -s xvnc-inetd
svc:/application/x11/xvnc-inetd> setprop inetd_start/exec = astring: "/usr/bin/Xvnc -desktop sol11:0 -geometry 1024x768 -inetd -query localhost -once securitytypes=none"
svc:/application/x11/xvnc-inetd> setprop inetd/wait = boolean: true
svc:/application/x11/xvnc-inetd> end
** The line highlighted red is optional – only do this if you want your VNC connection to persist (as well as any potential security issues)
or
# svccfg -s xvnc-inetd
svc:/application/x11/xvnc-inetd> editprop
search for # setprop inetd_start/exec = astring: "/usr/bin/Xvnc
copy the line, uncomment the copy, makethe changes above, write the file out.
svcadm refresh xvnc-inetd
Step 4
Disable and the re-enable the GDM and VNC-inetd services for the changes to take effect.
$ su root
Password:
# svcadm disable gdm xvnc-inetd; svcadm enable gdm xvnc-inetd
If still in maintenance, reboot (I had to, don't know why).
Step 5
Point your favourite VNC client at your Solaris server and test if it accepts your VNC connection – you should be presented with a Username/Password login screen.
If you performed the optional step to make your connections persist – close your favourite VNC client and then reconnect – if you remained logged in you have a persistent connections.
Greg on said:
After a fresh text install of Solaris-11 (11/11) both xvnc-inetd and gdm are not present. After installing them (# pkg install xvnc-inetd gdm) I can’t get gdm to start:
# svcadm enable gdm
# svcs gdm
offline 10:24:03 svc:/application/graphical-login/gdm:default
Any thoughts?
Ron on said:
You are missing some X packages. Do the following:
pkg install slim_install           # installs 400+ packages
svcadm enable gdm && exit      # gdm now works
pkg uninstall slim_install           # uninstalls the installer package only

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