Bug Fix Advisory gdm bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0733-4
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-07-24
Last updated on: 2008-07-24
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated gdm package that fixes various bugs is now available.

The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) is a highly configurable replacement for
the X Display Manager (XDM). GDM allows you to log in to your system with
the X Window System running, and supports running several different X
sessions on your local machine at the same time.

This updated package fixes the following bugs:

* if a user pressed "Ctrl+Alt+Backspace" within 10 seconds of logging in,
and then logged out and repeated this process, eventually X would take a
long time to restart, or would hang indefinitely, requiring GDM to be
killed.

* if a user pressed "Ctrl+Alt+Backspace" within five seconds of the login
screen appearing, GDM fell back to a login screen with no theme
("greeter"). As well, a "The greeter seems to be crashing. I will attempt
to use a different one" error occurred.

Users of gdm are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues.


Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.src.rpm     38c0a3841f102e9460f3d44e81f56988
 
IA-32:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.i386.rpm     794852f49005f789f51a806c9dc97dac
 
x86_64:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.x86_64.rpm     740ddf56fa985df1877900eab59339b4
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.src.rpm     38c0a3841f102e9460f3d44e81f56988
 
IA-32:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.i386.rpm     794852f49005f789f51a806c9dc97dac
 
IA-64:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.ia64.rpm     652cd9bb17fb312dc625c53b55b909ef
 
PPC:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.ppc.rpm     a8151bd82df6c3e6dd5cfcabcb685d8d
 
s390:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.s390.rpm     7359922bdf1e785f21d5654414914061
 
s390x:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.s390x.rpm     4be3e3a2d5cf388dc514d68a9ac86561
 
x86_64:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.x86_64.rpm     740ddf56fa985df1877900eab59339b4
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.src.rpm     38c0a3841f102e9460f3d44e81f56988
 
IA-32:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.i386.rpm     794852f49005f789f51a806c9dc97dac
 
IA-64:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.ia64.rpm     652cd9bb17fb312dc625c53b55b909ef
 
x86_64:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.x86_64.rpm     740ddf56fa985df1877900eab59339b4
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.src.rpm     38c0a3841f102e9460f3d44e81f56988
 
IA-32:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.i386.rpm     794852f49005f789f51a806c9dc97dac
 
IA-64:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.ia64.rpm     652cd9bb17fb312dc625c53b55b909ef
 
x86_64:
gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.19.x86_64.rpm     740ddf56fa985df1877900eab59339b4
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

165515 - [RHEL4] gdm doesn't always respawn itself when the user presses ctrl-alt-backspace



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