This bug affects me too on Xubuntu 13.10 x86_64. I've build a deb containg the patch from M. Cavalleri, you can get it here: http://ubuntuone.com/5Fgy9GpiRxlKFMAve0d6Bs Does the trick for me, hope it saves you some time :)
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