Why switch-user option in RHEL7.4 causes session logout, and giving blank screen?

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Issue

  • Switching users in GNOME session is launching a new X servers for the user, and user logout is making it unusable.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
  • gdm-3.22.3-11.el7.x86_64.rpm

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