Created attachment 356560 [details]
Contents of /var/log/rpmpkgs at 3am today, before yum upgrade

This is the list of all installed rpms from 3am this morning.

Created attachment 356561 [details]
Current list of rpms

Contents of /var/log/rpmpkgs now, after running /etc/cron.daily/rpm.

Created attachment 356563 [details]
Output of rpm --verify -a

This is the output of rpm --verify -a, which checks every package in the rpm database for unexpected modifications, which is essentially every system file.

Using 'yum downgrade gdm' solved the problem, as it installed gdm-2.26.1-10.fc11.i586.  I can now log in again.

As a side effect, it appears that canberra-gtk-play is now broken, as it popped up an error dialog box as soon as I logged in.  Bugreport attached.

Created attachment 356564 [details]
Bugbuddy report of canberra-gtk-play crash

After fixing gdm by downgrading it, this error popped up, probably while trying to play the login sound.  Note: sound doesn't work in this vmware instance, but I'm not trying to fix it.

Oh, no, I guess it didn't fix it completely; the window manager hangs after a few minutes, preventing you from changing window focus.

Perhaps I should downgrade everything to what it was this morning at 3am.

The downgrade helped a bit, it took longer to freeze.

So, I switched to KDE (yum -y install @kdedesktop), and things are working.

Except that I get an error about kded4 crashing with signal 6 (SIGABRT).

I'll let you know if everything freezes again.
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Application: KDE Daemon (kded4), signal SIGABRT
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0xb7ff0780 (LWP 1954))]

Thread 2 (Thread 0xb18ffb70 (LWP 2110)):
#0  0x0119c859 in pa_mainloop_poll () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#1  0x0119cc1e in pa_mainloop_iterate () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#2  0x0119cc98 in pa_mainloop_run () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#3  0x011af096 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#4  0x0195079c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.15.so
#5  0x0063e935 in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#6  0x0057282e in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6

Thread 1 (Thread 0xb7ff0780 (LWP 1954)):
[KCrash Handler]
#6  0x00e68424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#7  0x004bf7c1 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
#8  0x004c1092 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
#9  0x0194fec0 in pa_mutex_unlock () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.15.so
#10 0x011af81f in pa_threaded_mainloop_unlock () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#11 0x00b9b3d1 in snd_config_iterator_end () from /usr/lib/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
#12 0x077597c8 in ?? () from /lib/libasound.so.2
#13 0x077165fe in snd_pcm_close () from /lib/libasound.so.2
#14 0x00e40d7e in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/kded_phononserver.so
#15 0x00e43596 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/kded_phononserver.so
#16 0x00e471f6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/kded_phononserver.so
#17 0x00e4d708 in QObject* KPluginFactory::createInstance<PhononServer, QObject>(QWidget*, QObject*, QList<QVariant> const&) () from /usr/lib/kde4/kded_phononserver.so
#18 0x04b8437b in KPluginFactory::create(char const*, QWidget*, QObject*, QList<QVariant> const&, QString const&) () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.5
#19 0x0026726e in KLibrary::resolveFunction(char const*) () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kded4.so
#20 0x00267a6f in KLibrary::resolveFunction(char const*) () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kded4.so
#21 0x00267ccf in KLibrary::resolveFunction(char const*) () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kded4.so
#22 0x00af3fa0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4
#23 0x00af440a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4
#24 0x0736987d in dbus_connection_dispatch () from /lib/libdbus-1.so.3
#25 0x00ae7583 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4
#26 0x00ae768d in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4
#27 0x00b285c7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4
#28 0x047e52b3 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#29 0x047e5f12 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, QMetaObject const*, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#30 0x0481f4e3 in QSocketNotifier::activated(int) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#31 0x047e9cd7 in QSocketNotifier::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#32 0x05a1c3b4 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#33 0x05a23a3e in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#34 0x04de03ca in KApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#35 0x047cf58b in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#36 0x047fa2ba in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#37 0x006cacf8 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#38 0x006ce370 in ?? () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#39 0x006ce4a3 in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#40 0x047fa01c in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#41 0x05abb445 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#42 0x047cdb79 in QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#43 0x047cdfca in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#44 0x047d043f in QCoreApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#45 0x05a1c237 in QApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#46 0x0026956e in kdemain () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kded4.so
#47 0x0804868b in _start ()

I am also experiencing this problem after a fresh install of F11. To summarize, after boot I select my user from the login display and then gdm freezes. You can move the mouse around, but nothing else can be selected. It also doesn't respond to Cntl+Alt+Backspace. To reset, I switch to a virtual termimal and kill the gdm processes.

As a work around I've been able to login to Gnome by selecting Other from the login display.  Once selected I can enter my primary user and password then proceed to the Gnome Desktop. I also get the canberra-gtk-play error right from the get go. After a period of time the session will lose focus and hang. I haven't been able to isolate what is causing this problem.

I've tried doing a groupremove and groupinstall just to see if something went awry during the installation process.  It continues to have the same problem. kdm seems to work fine and I've used both KDE and XFCE without freezing.

The system that is having this problem has run all versions of Fedora since Fedora Core 6. I have another system that was built using a rawhide install and migrated to F11 after go-live.  It runs everything without any issues.

I'm seeing the same here, but I have to metion that it just seems to happen
at HP 2133 with an openchrom Xorg driver.

Maybe as help for the developer/maintainer. The HP 2133 has only a resolution
of 1280x768, which is not much - especially when looking to height.

Adding Jan, as he's able to reproduce this bug all the time at a HP 2133.

I just updated to the latest everything and it looks like this problem may be resolved.  Can anyone else confirm?  I am now able to select my user from gdm and enter the password to enter Gnome.  Although I haven't run it through its paces yet, Gnome seems to be functioning better as well.

I am not able to login to my user which has Desktop Effects enabled.  

A user without Desktop Effects can login fine.

Assuming this has to do with the Xorg updates from last night?

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