815349 - Firefox loses close/maximize/minimize with RDP on Windows 8

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1240130

(Core :: Widget: Win32, defect)

Description

[Grant]

Attachment: Windows 8 rdp picture

Hi guys,

Here is how to reproduce:

1. Load Firefox up locally on Windows 8 desktop, checking bugzilla before work
2. head to work, leaving FF open
3. Get to work, log into home PC and find Firefox has lost its close and maximise buttons.

I can reproduce this quite regularly, and I also do this in reverse, RDP into my work Windows 7 PC when I get home which doesn't have this symptom - must be Windows 8 related.

Comment 1

[Grant]

Attachment: How it should look (windows 7 example)

Comment 2

[Grant]

This also might happen on Server 2012 - which could be worrying as some companies might use FF with terminal servers in the very near future.

I'll test it when I get to work and see.

Comment 3

[Tim Meader]

Can confirm seeing the same when logging in via RDP.

Comment 4

[Jim Mathies [:jimm]]

A lot of things go wrong after an RDP session. I've noticed that text aliasing turns off as well.

Comment 5

[Tim Abraldes [:TimAbraldes] [:tabraldes]]

Dupe of bug 656891?

Comment 6

[N Younis]

Hi, I am Naj. I am currently studying an open source module at Coventry University and I would like to have this first simple bug assigned to me please.

Thanks

Comment 7

[Tim Abraldes [:TimAbraldes] [:tabraldes]]

(In reply to Naj Younis from comment #6)
> Hi, I am Naj. I am currently studying an open source module at Coventry
> University and I would like to have this first simple bug assigned to me
> please.

Hi Naj, you're welcome to start working on this bug immediately! The bug will be assigned to you when you have written and attached a patch or there is other evidence that you're making progress.

Thanks for wanting to help out!

Comment 8

[Stuart]

Hi there,

I would also be interested in this as my first bug. I've had a look around the code, but would you be able to point me in the right direction?

Regards,
Stuart.

Comment 9

[Jim Mathies [:jimm]]

(In reply to Stuart from comment #8)
> Hi there,
> 
> I would also be interested in this as my first bug. I've had a look around
> the code, but would you be able to point me in the right direction?
> 
> Regards,
> Stuart.

here are some steps to follow:

1) you'll need two computers or a computer and a vm, since this is an remove desktop bug.
2) start by trying to reproduce the problem easily. If you're lucky it's reliably reproducible by rdp'ing into a machine running latest firefox.
3) on the machine you rdp to, get a local build going so you can test code changes.

That's a good starting point.

Comment 10

[Stuart]

I've attempted to reproduce the issue various times with RDP and a Windows 8 machine but with no success. Do we know that this bug still exists?

Regards,
Stuart.