Idle session setting kills the GDM process in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Idle session setting kills the GDM process.
  • Setting the Idle session parameter causing blank console with flashing underscore.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9
  • systemd-239-78.el8.x86_64
  • gdm-40.0-27.el8.x86_64

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