F18 yum update bricks X - workaround

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 22:52:36 -0700,
   Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 2012-09-17 at 22:31 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
>
>> > No, it missed. The workaround of taking 'rhgb' out of the boot
>> > parameters was considered enough for Alpha. I've written the issue up on
>> > common bugs.
>> Sorry to say, removing the rhgb quite didn't always fix it.
>> I had to cycle power.
>>
>> The rc6 kernel is so much better it really should get in.
>
>It's six days too late. You've followed the list long enough, you should
>know the process...

Not only that, but the rc6.git0 kernel wouldn't have been usable for alpha 
since it's not a debug kernel. It would need to be kernel-3.6.0-0.rc6.git1.1,
which just was built this morning.