Dear Scientific Linux users,

Since few days, the computers from our lab running under SL 5.7 - 64  
bits experience all the same bug that prevents using applications such  
as: firefox, thunderbid, glxgears, glxinfo.
The update policy is based on the default configuration.
The bug seems to result from a recent update, maybe end of October  
(more info on the recent updates in the enclosed yum.log).

The easiest way to reproduce this bug is to execute glxinfo. The  
outcome is that the screen turns black and the session restarts. Since  
this bug was first noticed under firefox and thunderbird, a "strace"  
was executed on those applications and it turned out that the bug was  
labeled as "Error 104" which indicates a restart by the X server. If  
you are interested, you may find enclosed more information.

Has this problem been reported by other institutes or users?

Best regards,
Mathieu


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