Unable to login into GUI with gdm error

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

Unable to start GUI (GNOME) session and the below error appears in /var/log/messages.

Jun 17 16:06:46 <hostname> gdm: GdmSession: no session desktop files installed, aborting...
Jun 17 16:06:46 <hostname> kernel: [  215.361447] traps: gdm[3339] trap int3 ip:7f1ea9b3d381 sp:7ffde1f5a980 error:0
Jun 17 16:06:46 <hostname> gnome-session-binary[3381]: WARNING: Lost name on bus: org.gnome.SessionManager
Jun 17 16:06:46 <hostname> systemd[1]: gdm.service: main process exited, code=killed, status=5/TRAP

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
GNOME Desktop environment

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