Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 166852
Gnome login screen causes the system to freeze
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:38:06 EDT
Description of problem: System Freezes at the Gnome Login. System will not run in (init) mode 5 -- k/b and mouse disconnected from system. Only escape is switch off and reboot. System Mac G5 1.8GHz 512MB RAM Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC4 How reproducible: Guaranteed Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot up indefault mode 5 2. 3. Actual results: system freezes Expected results: normal login Additional info: boot single user; edit /etc/initab to make default mode 3; command line login followed by startx works. I have not been able to try the KDE login screen yet.
This report targets the FC3 or FC4 products, which have now been EOL'd. Could you please check that it still applies to a current Fedora release, and either update the target product or close it ? Thanks.
Sorry, I no longer have the system to attempt to reproduce the symptons. The original bug was reported in Aug 2005. I have since given the hardware to one of children; it was subsequently smashed by a burglar. The only constructive thing that I can add is that the bug must have been one of the /etc/rc5.d scripts. From memory, that is/was an area of RedHat/Fedora that was a little over convoluted and lacking in in-line comments so I did not feel confident to have a hack to get it going. I have also retired so that my new e-mail address is: John@johnhunter0.orangehome.co.uk John Hunter
The information we've requested above is required in order to review this problem report further and diagnose/fix the issue if it is still present. Since there haven't been any updates to the report in quite a long time now after we've requested additional information, we're assuming the problem is either no longer present in our current OS release, or that there is no longer any interest in tracking the problem. Setting status to CANTFIX, however if you still experience this problem after updating to our latest Fedora Core release and are still interested in Red Hat tracking the issue, and assisting in troubleshooting the problem, please feel free to provide the information requested above, and reopen the report. Thank you in advance. (this message is mass message)