Recommended update for gdm

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:0282-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gdm fixes the following issues:

  • Fixes an issue when 'gdm' fails to get display and does not set it to 'NULL' when using with 'Xvfb' and it leads to a crash. (bsc#1178292, glgo#GNOME/gdm!118)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2021-282=1

Package List:

  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gdm-debuginfo-3.34.1-8.15.1
    • libgdm1-debuginfo-3.34.1-8.15.1
    • gdm-debugsource-3.34.1-8.15.1
    • gdm-3.34.1-8.15.1
    • gdm-devel-3.34.1-8.15.1
    • typelib-1_0-Gdm-1_0-3.34.1-8.15.1
    • libgdm1-3.34.1-8.15.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • gdm-systemd-3.34.1-8.15.1
    • gdmflexiserver-3.34.1-8.15.1
    • gdm-lang-3.34.1-8.15.1

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