unable to login after getting system update of X11 in fedora 11

Jatin K ssh.fedora at gmail.com
Sat Sep 12 08:48:21 UTC 2009


On 09/12/2009 10:44 AM, Adam D. Ligas wrote:
> On 09/11/2009 05:08 PM, Sharpe, Sam J wrote:
>>>>> Same problem here after those updates. While the problem is not 
>>>>> fixed, try
>>>>> to change to tty2 at the login screen, kill your X session and 
>>>>> then start it
>>>>> again. After this I was able to login.
>>>>>
>>>> thnx for you reply ......   I dont need to change tty2 .... it work 
>>>> on the
>>>> default tty  ....but I need to try 10 to 15 times then and then I 
>>>> can login
>>>> ...   :-(
>
>>> Try booting the previous kernel, if it goes away you may have the bug
>>> I've just filed: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522863
>
>> Do any of you use Gnome / Desktop Effects / Compiz?
>> I do and I just hit this when I rebooted - disabling Desktop Effects
>> got me back into my desktop.
>
> I commented on bug as well - I think I have the same thing.  If I kept 
> trying over and over it would eventually "catch" and let me in, but 
> then I would have a bunch of gnome-panels running and eating up a ton 
> of CPU.  Killing those panels seems to restore things to a more 
> "normal" state.
>
> However, I *WAS* running Desktop Effects.  Disabling that per Sam's 
> comment seems to have "resolved" the issue.  I was able to login on 
> the first shot and I have no extraneous gnome-panels, keyring-daemons, 
> and other such things.
>
> At least the machine appears to work as normal again, for the time being.
>
> Do we have any idea if this is a kernel bug, xorg bug, or both?
>
> - Adam
>
:-(  finally I have to downgrade the  xorg-x11-server-xorg  ....... 
things working fine ......

is there any problem if I use old x-server ????





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