gnome-screensaver sometimes freezes the desktop session when rdesktop is running
Issue
- gnome-screensaver sometimes results in the desktop session being frozen when one tries to lock the screen. It happens only when rdesktop is running
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Steps to reproduce the problem:
- Start a rdesktop session to the windows machine and log in there
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Click on System -> Lock Screen and do not move the mouse after the click
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The gnome-screensaver doesn't start up and the gnome session is frozen
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Gnome Desktop Environment
- rdesktop
- gnome-screensaver
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