Copy and paste of XP remote desktop files on XP machine cause local Ubuntu to lock

[yze]

Binary package hint: rdesktop

OK, this is a little weird, so bear with me (was also doing my head in as to what was happening).

If I rdesktop into an XP machine (currently using Gnome-RDP to set up, but am pretty sure that it does not matter), and have Explorer open on the remote XP machine, then highlight a few large files (avi in this case) and use the command to cut (or copy) them from one folder on the remote XP machine to another folder on the remote XP machine, the local Ubuntu machine comes to a standstill.

After a while my fan on the Ubuntu notebook starts running flat out, and I get some very limited response (i.e. things work but very slow).
I can open a terminal window and type 'top' and see that Nautilus is using most of the CPU (i.e. anywhere between say 70 and 95%).
This is interesting, as Nautilus is not even running (on the screen - if you know what I mean).
I can run a sudo kill PID (whatever the pid for Nautilus is) and usually system response comes right back and the fan quietens down.
Sometimes it then opens another Nautilus instance that is equally as greedy for the CPU time an I have to kill it as well.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 14 18:16:39 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: rdesktop 1.6.0-2ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.44-generic
SourcePackage: rdesktop
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic i686

[yze (kawise)]

oh, in case it makes a difference, I am running wireless

[yze (kawise)]

hmmm ... this also appears to be occurring to some extent when copying text in the remote session, but only slows the machine down for a small amount of time (say 10 seconds) instead of minutes or more.
Could it be rdesktop trying to do something with the copied content?

[yze (kawise)]

Alright, have just found out that if using rdesktop at the command line and including the argument...

 -r clipboard:CLIPBOARD

that the local machine does not lock up if the clipboard on the remote xp machine is used.

[yze (kawise)]

Strangely, since the last update, it is back.....

[Terry Wang (terrywang)]

After upgrading to 10.10 maverick, I am having this issue too with clipboard redirection.

After rebooting the remote Windows Server 2003, it seems to be working all right.

BTW: I removed the " -r clipboard:CLIPBOARD" when launching rdesktop