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Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2011:1654 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHEA-2011:1654 - Product Enhancement Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

gnome-session bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 664516 - gnome-session and metacity do not restore windows position or workspace

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 3f3c4e5132f7d609b4916ec19e9b1df165d370d9df1068b0159fa0ac061dfa0a
x86_64
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ecc87a8432a659161320b35ef70f1be962ddd8ec8f0544a6921db2bf4fb0cf9
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1d3cc5ad64442709b7ba06162bc01f70765c39fa0e8d8bc1e527efe5eff5b569
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1983eb30eed762b5830196cb04b5a3d95ac5768ee9ee6a934ad110fe7750263e
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1983eb30eed762b5830196cb04b5a3d95ac5768ee9ee6a934ad110fe7750263e
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3aba01640bd25b53838086c5709a37194cf9dbb57129d23340bfcc4a63d24748
i386
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d9f36b6d8441c23eb75ab922b674b7da7ab804ddca040b36f152ae59798343fc
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b3b815fdeb7dac4358a94a90720593ce9dd63bd3bcdd0907eda5de8b6edc1027
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ba1c2a1dba3147d730ba0a244a16b2847bc918b7a4a7a4fb81795db5e0ad2ef2
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ba1c2a1dba3147d730ba0a244a16b2847bc918b7a4a7a4fb81795db5e0ad2ef2
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 47c4b54a93ef3664ea31e9721df43d1ea70abe0749d9e8a588750aa5647a54c4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 3f3c4e5132f7d609b4916ec19e9b1df165d370d9df1068b0159fa0ac061dfa0a
x86_64
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ecc87a8432a659161320b35ef70f1be962ddd8ec8f0544a6921db2bf4fb0cf9
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1d3cc5ad64442709b7ba06162bc01f70765c39fa0e8d8bc1e527efe5eff5b569
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1983eb30eed762b5830196cb04b5a3d95ac5768ee9ee6a934ad110fe7750263e
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1983eb30eed762b5830196cb04b5a3d95ac5768ee9ee6a934ad110fe7750263e
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3aba01640bd25b53838086c5709a37194cf9dbb57129d23340bfcc4a63d24748
i386
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d9f36b6d8441c23eb75ab922b674b7da7ab804ddca040b36f152ae59798343fc
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b3b815fdeb7dac4358a94a90720593ce9dd63bd3bcdd0907eda5de8b6edc1027
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ba1c2a1dba3147d730ba0a244a16b2847bc918b7a4a7a4fb81795db5e0ad2ef2
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ba1c2a1dba3147d730ba0a244a16b2847bc918b7a4a7a4fb81795db5e0ad2ef2
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 47c4b54a93ef3664ea31e9721df43d1ea70abe0749d9e8a588750aa5647a54c4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 3f3c4e5132f7d609b4916ec19e9b1df165d370d9df1068b0159fa0ac061dfa0a
x86_64
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ecc87a8432a659161320b35ef70f1be962ddd8ec8f0544a6921db2bf4fb0cf9
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1d3cc5ad64442709b7ba06162bc01f70765c39fa0e8d8bc1e527efe5eff5b569
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1983eb30eed762b5830196cb04b5a3d95ac5768ee9ee6a934ad110fe7750263e
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1983eb30eed762b5830196cb04b5a3d95ac5768ee9ee6a934ad110fe7750263e
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3aba01640bd25b53838086c5709a37194cf9dbb57129d23340bfcc4a63d24748
i386
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d9f36b6d8441c23eb75ab922b674b7da7ab804ddca040b36f152ae59798343fc
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b3b815fdeb7dac4358a94a90720593ce9dd63bd3bcdd0907eda5de8b6edc1027
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ba1c2a1dba3147d730ba0a244a16b2847bc918b7a4a7a4fb81795db5e0ad2ef2
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ba1c2a1dba3147d730ba0a244a16b2847bc918b7a4a7a4fb81795db5e0ad2ef2
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 47c4b54a93ef3664ea31e9721df43d1ea70abe0749d9e8a588750aa5647a54c4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 3f3c4e5132f7d609b4916ec19e9b1df165d370d9df1068b0159fa0ac061dfa0a
x86_64
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ecc87a8432a659161320b35ef70f1be962ddd8ec8f0544a6921db2bf4fb0cf9
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1d3cc5ad64442709b7ba06162bc01f70765c39fa0e8d8bc1e527efe5eff5b569
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1983eb30eed762b5830196cb04b5a3d95ac5768ee9ee6a934ad110fe7750263e
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1983eb30eed762b5830196cb04b5a3d95ac5768ee9ee6a934ad110fe7750263e
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3aba01640bd25b53838086c5709a37194cf9dbb57129d23340bfcc4a63d24748
i386
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d9f36b6d8441c23eb75ab922b674b7da7ab804ddca040b36f152ae59798343fc
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b3b815fdeb7dac4358a94a90720593ce9dd63bd3bcdd0907eda5de8b6edc1027
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ba1c2a1dba3147d730ba0a244a16b2847bc918b7a4a7a4fb81795db5e0ad2ef2
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ba1c2a1dba3147d730ba0a244a16b2847bc918b7a4a7a4fb81795db5e0ad2ef2
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 47c4b54a93ef3664ea31e9721df43d1ea70abe0749d9e8a588750aa5647a54c4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 3f3c4e5132f7d609b4916ec19e9b1df165d370d9df1068b0159fa0ac061dfa0a
s390x
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ef58f24ba8c5723508dba8ab9f649be31b02a3b8aff01e8ff2cfe4a59ccd76ee
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 320ce855afb7c69d6c3f9c670909c8727cb1641c8f5fe862719a91705dc64534
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2de892f6ddb55c9390062654618dc42c4dc97848deacc052f9cd9d34cbe0172e
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2de892f6ddb55c9390062654618dc42c4dc97848deacc052f9cd9d34cbe0172e
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 093d822ba19832305d0a2574c790541057f5410954080615022ad54ad3290be6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 3f3c4e5132f7d609b4916ec19e9b1df165d370d9df1068b0159fa0ac061dfa0a
ppc64
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: ffcae72e181f21ee1f981b16cd354c31d2ab1a827df688d99de0c43b073c634b
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: f0c6fe99b728d11f123704126899d011ea2ea30d4638b8143fffa92abe50d23c
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c54883c2b5568f90b2dde8266a677317134964f7cab2a2426356f3e3f60fd391
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c54883c2b5568f90b2dde8266a677317134964f7cab2a2426356f3e3f60fd391
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 6a02126f0795d9009689efee0000a982e8bdfb15aa1f611bd9f2a40242264dac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 3f3c4e5132f7d609b4916ec19e9b1df165d370d9df1068b0159fa0ac061dfa0a
x86_64
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ecc87a8432a659161320b35ef70f1be962ddd8ec8f0544a6921db2bf4fb0cf9
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1d3cc5ad64442709b7ba06162bc01f70765c39fa0e8d8bc1e527efe5eff5b569
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1983eb30eed762b5830196cb04b5a3d95ac5768ee9ee6a934ad110fe7750263e
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3aba01640bd25b53838086c5709a37194cf9dbb57129d23340bfcc4a63d24748

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 3f3c4e5132f7d609b4916ec19e9b1df165d370d9df1068b0159fa0ac061dfa0a
x86_64
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ecc87a8432a659161320b35ef70f1be962ddd8ec8f0544a6921db2bf4fb0cf9
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1d3cc5ad64442709b7ba06162bc01f70765c39fa0e8d8bc1e527efe5eff5b569
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1983eb30eed762b5830196cb04b5a3d95ac5768ee9ee6a934ad110fe7750263e
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1983eb30eed762b5830196cb04b5a3d95ac5768ee9ee6a934ad110fe7750263e
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3aba01640bd25b53838086c5709a37194cf9dbb57129d23340bfcc4a63d24748
i386
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d9f36b6d8441c23eb75ab922b674b7da7ab804ddca040b36f152ae59798343fc
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b3b815fdeb7dac4358a94a90720593ce9dd63bd3bcdd0907eda5de8b6edc1027
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ba1c2a1dba3147d730ba0a244a16b2847bc918b7a4a7a4fb81795db5e0ad2ef2
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: ba1c2a1dba3147d730ba0a244a16b2847bc918b7a4a7a4fb81795db5e0ad2ef2
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 47c4b54a93ef3664ea31e9721df43d1ea70abe0749d9e8a588750aa5647a54c4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 3f3c4e5132f7d609b4916ec19e9b1df165d370d9df1068b0159fa0ac061dfa0a
s390x
gnome-session-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ef58f24ba8c5723508dba8ab9f649be31b02a3b8aff01e8ff2cfe4a59ccd76ee
gnome-session-custom-session-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 320ce855afb7c69d6c3f9c670909c8727cb1641c8f5fe862719a91705dc64534
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2de892f6ddb55c9390062654618dc42c4dc97848deacc052f9cd9d34cbe0172e
gnome-session-debuginfo-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2de892f6ddb55c9390062654618dc42c4dc97848deacc052f9cd9d34cbe0172e
gnome-session-xsession-2.28.0-18.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 093d822ba19832305d0a2574c790541057f5410954080615022ad54ad3290be6

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