Cannot log in to a GNOME desktop

[Emeric Maschino]

> What can prevent a user to log in a GNOME session? When entering my
> username and password at the GDM log in screen, I immediately get a
> dialog box telling me that the X session lasts less than 10 sec and that
> some help can be provided by the ~/.xsession_error. Well, this file
> doesn't even exist. I've tried the "Last session" and "Default GNOME
> session" options in the GDM log in screen without a success. Same
> problem for root. This is on an Itanium workstation (ia64) with a fresh
> install of Fedora Core Rawhide on May 2nd, updated with the latest
> packages. I don't know if this problem also appears on other
> architectures. Roughly a month ago (before my filesystem problem), I
> didn't have this problem. But a lot of things have changed since...

I've performed regression tests and finally isolate the faulty package:
it's gnome-session-2.14.1-2. Reverting to FC5 original gnome-
session-2.14.0-1 solves the problem. I don't know if other versions
where built in the meantime, so I can't precisely determine whether the
log in problem only appears with the latest gnome-session version or
not. Does this issue only affect ia64 systems or other architectures
too? Should I file a bug report?

	Émeric