Description of problem: Kernel bug reported when attempting to connect via Xvnc using a gdm greeter. This prevents Xvnc logins. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Using libvirt, install a F-7 qemu guest. 2. On the guest change the /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf 3. reboot the guest. 4. Attemt to connect to the guest from the host using vnc. Actual results: The vnc session reports the greeter failed. A kernel bug is reported on the guest. Expected results: A gdmgreeter login should be displayed. Additional info: This message was displayed on the console: BUG: warning at kernel/softirq.c:138/local_bh_enbale() (Not tainted) [<c042b0cf>] local_bh_enable+0x45/0x92 [<c06002bd>] cond_resched_softirq+0x2c/0x42 [<c059adf3>] release_sock+0x4f/0x9d [<c05c670d>] tcp_sendmsg+0x90b/0x9f9 [<c04808a3>] core_sys_select+0x1df/0x2f3 [<c05dec95>] init_sendmsg+0x3b/0x45 [<c0598731>] sock_aio_write+0xf6/0x102 [<c045b740>] generic_file_aio_write+0x5e/0xb3 [<c043ad9a>] clocksource_get_next+0x39/0x3f [<c04754ee>] do_sync_write+0xc7/0x10a [<c042e38b>] do_timer+0x4f2/0x6f3 [<c0436e71>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x35 [<c0475d47>] vfs_write+0xbc/0x154 [<c0476342>] sys_write+0x41/0x67 [<c0404f70>] syscall_call+0x7/0x5 ======================= I do not know if the following information is relevent: My guest system is a i686 install. My host is on x86_64. I installed the kqemu kernel module on the host, so I can use acceleration, since my machine does not support kvm.
Created attachment 156654 [details] /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf
According to comment #47 posted into BUG 240982, the problem regarding "kernel/softirq.c" was resolved in the latest kernel (2.6.21-1.3226.fc7) and mkinitrd (6.0.9-6) packages.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 240982 ***