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** Changed in: rdesktop (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to rdesktop in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208942 Title: Remote desktop interferes with relogin Status in “rdesktop” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Remote desktop seems to be interfering with the login process. Several users are reporting this problem on the forums. Visit http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=691561 for details. Steps to reproduce. Open remote desktop (or check remote desktop preferences to see if remote login is enabled.) Logout out of gnome, try to log in again. Credentials are accepted and you reach a brown screen with a working mouse. (no click responses though since there is nothing else) Break out of X with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and try again. Same thing happens. (If you have KDE/Xfce and try to login, these work fine, so this is a gnome-centered thing) Break out of X and restart the computer (Or press F13 if you have that key) Try to login. Success!!! Lougout and login again. FAILURE. relevant part of ~/.xsession-errors: Gtk-WARNING **: This process is currently running setuid or setgid. This is not a supported use of GTK+. You must create a helper program instead. For further details, see: http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html Refusing to initialize GTK+. [Temporary] Fix Log into Gnome. Navigate to System->Preferences->Remote Desktop Untick the "allow remote login" check box. (This disables remote-desktop) Log out of Gnome. Login again. SUCCESS!!! The problem must then be related to rdesktop. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rdesktop/+bug/208942/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp