Graphical login impossible after update to "1:gdm-2.31.90-5.fc14.i686" in F14

[Steven Haigh]

On 09/14/2010 03:42 PM, Andre Robatino wrote:
> Joachim Backes<joachim.backes<at>  rhrk.uni-kl.de>  writes:
>
>>
>> Applying the most recent updates (including 1:gdm-2.31.90-5.fc14.i686)
>> prevents from a graphical login: The gdm greeter is blinking in some
>> manner, no login pictures are shown, unable to select user.
>>
>> Could go back to a stable login by downgrading to gdm-2.31.90-4.fc14.i686.
>>
>> Anybody sees this too?
>
> Just started seeing this in my F14 x86_64 KVM guest, although gdm was last
> updated several days ago. An easy workaround seems to be switching to VT2, then
> back to VT1, which stops the blinking and lets me log in normally.

 From what I can see, gdm-2.31.90-5 has been removed from 
updates-testing. I figure a new package will be released when this issue 
has been fixed.

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