vino-preferences password entry fails if multiple instances are run

[Chris Moore]

If the users runs the "system>preferences>remote desktop" program twice, such
that they have two instances of vino-preferences running at the same time, they
will be unable to enter a password.

The two processes seem to interfer with each other in some way that makes
password entry impossible. The password keeps being truncated to one or two
characters no matter how much they type.

I was trying to talk someone through the process of setting up their remote
desktop recently and this happened. It's not an easy problem to diagnose given
that you're not able to see their screen (yet).

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326827: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326827

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for your bug. I've forwarded it upstream:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326827

[Jonh Wendell (wendell)]

Hi. I tested 2.24.1 and this issue seems to be fixed. Can anyone try to
reproduce it?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

closing since upstream thinks that's fixed and nobody replied to the previous comment, you can reopen if you still get the issue though