What does "gdm-simple-greeter[PID]: Gtk-WARNING: gtkwidget.c:5460: widget not within a GtkWindow" mean?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Following warning messages of GNOME appear in /var/log/messages while starting a system:
<timestamp> <hostname> gdm-simple-greeter[PID]: Gtk-WARNING: gtkwidget.c:5460: widget not within a GtkWindow
  • Why does the warning message appear?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • gdm

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