Bug Fix Advisory gdm bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2007:0411-2
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-06-11
Last updated on: 2007-06-11
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated gdm packages that fix several bugs are now available.

Gdm (the GNOME Display Manager) is a highly configurable
reimplementation of xdm, the X Display Manager. Gdm allows you to log
into your system with the X Window System running and supports running
several different X sessions on your local machine at the same time.

This erratum includes the following bug fixes:

- reduced logging verbosity of XDMCP subsystem
- fixed greeter confusion where it asks for a password instead of username if
the Caps Lock key is pressed at the wrong time
- fixed a bug where local client connections would be refused after a remote
client connection

All users of gdm should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.src.rpm     95cf518685524161b53bcecc41fd1126
 
IA-32:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.i386.rpm     dced323a116958a4510142503982a953
 
x86_64:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.x86_64.rpm     bf303ee35982559fdb0cfd391b049339
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.src.rpm     95cf518685524161b53bcecc41fd1126
 
IA-32:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.i386.rpm     dced323a116958a4510142503982a953
 
IA-64:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.ia64.rpm     b81e9decda789343e3d5ed311f1499d9
 
PPC:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.ppc.rpm     8370cea83ee4fce637f1caa9ae25f3cc
 
s390:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.s390.rpm     1e9d477de64da87243bcce643ac1b85a
 
s390x:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.s390x.rpm     21099f4a1f01864298e37b4be23eb795
 
x86_64:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.x86_64.rpm     bf303ee35982559fdb0cfd391b049339
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.src.rpm     95cf518685524161b53bcecc41fd1126
 
IA-32:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.i386.rpm     dced323a116958a4510142503982a953
 
IA-64:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.ia64.rpm     b81e9decda789343e3d5ed311f1499d9
 
x86_64:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.x86_64.rpm     bf303ee35982559fdb0cfd391b049339
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.src.rpm     95cf518685524161b53bcecc41fd1126
 
IA-32:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.i386.rpm     dced323a116958a4510142503982a953
 
IA-64:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.ia64.rpm     b81e9decda789343e3d5ed311f1499d9
 
x86_64:
gdm-2.4.1.6-18.el3.x86_64.rpm     bf303ee35982559fdb0cfd391b049339
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

178773 - [RHEL3] gdm has superfluous warnings about xdmcp buffers
197647 - Confusing label shows password in clear text
206518 - when I access to xdmcp via exceed, my x server hangs



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