Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHBA-2012:0282 - gdm bug fix update

Synopsis

gdm bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated gdm packages that fix three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The GNOME Display Manager (GDM) is a highly configurable reimplementation of XDM, the X Display Manager. GDM allows you to log into your system with the X Window System running and supports running several different X sessions on your local machine at the same time.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the gdmsetup utility did not automatically add users to the user whitelist file /etc/gdm/custom.conf, although these users were configured for automatic login. With this update, the problem has been fixed and users are now automatically added to the whitelist file, as expected. (BZ#217417)

  • Previously, the GDM GUI was not properly resized when the failed authentication message was displayed for the user. As a result, the failed authentication message was not displayed correctly. With this update, the problem has been fixed so that the GUI is resized properly and the message is displayed as expected. (BZ#575771)

  • When shutting down the X Window System, the gdm-rh-security-token-helper program could have terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault under certain circumstances. With this update, the problem has been fixed, and gdm-rh-security-token-helper works as expected. (BZ#658506)

All users of GDM are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.i386.rpm
  • gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.i386.rpm
  • gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.ppc.rpm
  • gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.s390x.rpm
  • gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.ia64.rpm
  • gdm-docs-2.16.0-59.el5.ia64.rpm
  • gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.s390x.rpm
  • gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.ppc.rpm
  • gdm-2.16.0-59.el5.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information