Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHEA-2011:1654 - gnome-session bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

gnome-session bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated gnome-session packages that fix a bug and add an enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The gnome-session package manages the GNOME desktop session. It starts up the other core components of GNOME and handles logout and saving of the session.

These updated gnome-session packages fix the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, the gnome-session utility may have improperly saved desktop sessions. As a consequence, when logging in, the running applications were incorrectly collapsed from multiple workspaces into the first workspace and their initial position was not restored. This has been fixed: applications are now restored in their original workspaces and correctly positionally placed. (BZ#664516)

In addition, these updated gnome-session packages provide the following enhancement:

  • Prior to this update, users were not able to manage multiple custom GNOME sessions while being logged in. Now, multiple sessions can be managed under the Options tab of System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications. (BZ#622849)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated gnome-session packages, which resolve this bug and add this enhancement.

Solution

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

This update is available via 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 Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm
  • gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm
  • gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.src.rpm
  • gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm
  • gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm
  • gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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Additional information