Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 61645
After logout, bad gdm display
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:41:05 EDT
Description of Problem: After logout, the gdm display is bad. Two versions of "badness" have been seen so far. The first has "hash" at the top. all blue screen and the gdm labels and prompt but no grey panel. The second has "hash" at the top, a blue screen and a completely black panel. In each case, a ctl-alt-backspace restored the screen properly. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): basic beta3 custom install with gnome+kde+development. How Reproducible: Every time I tried it on the hardware. The hardware in question is a dual PIII with an ATI Rage 128 RF with 32MB video ram. This does NOT occur on a uniprocess PIII with ATI Rage XL with 8MB video ram Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: Expected Results: Additional Information:
It turns out that this does NOT happen every time (especial if I just login and then immediately logout again). Also, switching to a virtual console and then back to gdm will sometimes correct the display but sometimes not. ctl-alt-backspace fixes things every time.
Always attach XFree86 log file and config file to all XFree86 bug reports please, even if it seems they are unlikely to be useful.
OK, it is still happening with 7.3 and all errata (kernel) applied. Which XFree86 log file do you want ... just any old one, one after logging in, or one where I switch to a virtual terminal from the GDM screen where the GDM screen is screwed up?
The config file you are using, and the log file from after you run X, so I can see what is spewed into the log when the problem happens. ALso see bug #59594 to see if there are any similarities.
59594 may be related ... I do not know. This is "kind of" old and I really have not seen this once I installed 7.3 gold. This may have been something with the earlier beta versions. I remember that it occured on RC1 but, again, I have not seen this on 7.3. I believe that this should be closed since I have not interest in installing earlier version just to shoot a bug shich appears to have disappeared. With the new (7.3.92) gdm, this is unlikely to occur.
Ok thanks. Closing for rawhide.