[Fwd: Re: (SOLVED) GDM doesn't start]

Mike Chambers mike at miketc.net
Sun Jan 25 06:55:51 UTC 2009


-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Mike Chambers <mike at miketc.net>
> To: Development discussions related to Fedora
> <fedora-devel-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: (SOLVED) GDM doesn't start
> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:54:20 -0600
> 
> On Sat, 2009-01-24 at 22:55 -0500, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-01-24 at 14:50 -1000, David Cantrell wrote:
> > > Mike Chambers wrote:
> > > > After updating my rawhide machine this morning, gdm won't start.  It
> > > > comes up and before all the graphics appear all the way, it restarts
> > > > itself.
> > > > 
> > > > Anyone else seeing this and/or know a fix or work around besides run
> > > > level 3?
> > > 
> > > I downgraded gdm to the previous build, which looks like the last one 
> > > built for F-10.  Everything else is from rawhide.
> > > 
> > 
> > Alternatively, update to gtk2-2.15.1-3.fc11 when it comes out of koji.
> 
> Above package does indeed fix the gdm greeter screen, as well as the 2
> buttons with no icons/text on them.  
> 
> Good job on the fix and speediness of getting it out there.

For those of you that have this problem, here is the fix.  Just get the
above package from koji (or await it to hit rawhide later this morning I
guess).

-- 
Mike Chambers
Fedora Project - Bug Zapper, Tester, User, etc..
mikec302 at fedoraproject.org




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