Gnome (with enlightenment) locks up often. When it does, sometimes a ctrl-alt-backspace will kill it, sometimes not. When it does kill gnome, sometimes the console returns to text, sometimes it remains in graphics mode, and does not respond to keyboard input. A connection from a remote computer shows that X and Gnome have indeed died, but the console is not reverted to text mode. All updates on the redhat site have been applied. I have 73 workstations, and this happens on at least 10 of them per day.
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