Here is a clue; the following lines appear in /var/log/messages just after I perform the GUI action that aborts the session. Note: all messages are from gnome-session[3573]: GLib-GObject-WARNING: cannot register existing type `PkPangoFcFontMap' GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed GLib-GObject-CRITICAL: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed Regards -- Charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles Butterfield > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 4:23 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Remote Desktop terminates when opening > System>Preferences>Appearance > > Problem: When I try to open System>Preferences>Appearance (in an attempt > to audit the current settings), my remote session is terminated. > > This is repeatable using EITHER of the two remote session techniques: > > 1) RDP: MS client(WinXP) to Xrdp server(0.5.0-0.5.20090811cvs) > 2) NX: NoMachine client(WinXP-3.4.0-5) to freenx-server(0.7.3-15). > > Server machine is running Fedora 11, with "yum update" done today. > > Any clues would be helpful, such as log files to peruse, etc. I presume > the fact that both remote session approaches are affected narrows things > down a bit. I searched the Fedora forums, and plain old Google, but was > unable to formulate a query that gave me any relevant hits. I'm sure > the answer is out there, but I just can't find it :-( > > Regards > -- Charlie Butterfield > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines