Idle session setting kills the GDM process

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • It needs to configure StopIdleSessionSec in /etc/systemd/logind.conf, but it kills GDM, leaving a blank console with a flashing underscore.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • systemd
  • gdm

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