Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 483497
removing gnome-session-xsession causes GDM to hang
Last modified: 2015-01-14 18:22:23 EST
Description of problem: (With other DE/WMs installed) removing gnome-session-xsession and then logging out causes GDM to hang when a user is selected before the password prompt appears. The "Session" selection is grayed out, despite there being other sessions available. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gdm-2.24.0-12.fc10.i386 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have another DE/WM installed (openbox, Xfce, anything will work) so that there is more than just the "Gnome" session available when logging in via GDM 2. Log in to any DE/WM/Session via GDM. Remove gnome-session-xsession. 3. Log out. Actual results: GDM loads. Type in user name. GDM hangs before displaying the password prompt. The Sessions selection dialog is greyed out. Expected results: GDM should load and operate without any issues, since Gnome isn't the only session available. This was tested with openbox and xfce available, but GDM failed to function until gnome-session-xsession was reinstalled.
This is a crasher in fact, details can be found in the corresponding Gnome bug report.
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