Description of problem: The GNOME session manager cannot start properly. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-session-2.20.0-1.fc8 How reproducible: Reproducible by using fast-user-switch applet to switch to a new session. Steps to Reproduce: 1. select user switching applet. 2. select a new session to open. 3. Actual results: Black screen and dialog box with a stop sign and the following message: The GNOME session manager cannot start properly Please report this as a GNOME bug. Please include this ICE failure mesage in the bug report: "Cannot establish any listening sockets". Meanwhile you could try logging in using the failsafe session. Expected results: A new GNOME session. Additional info:
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 295791 ***