Why does Unity screen blank out over XDMCP?

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Published on 2012-07-01T05:40:36Z Indexed on 2012/07/01 9:23 UTC
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My XDMCP sessions display fine until I login. I've checked all logs and settings for this and can't find anything wrong, this works fine on other systems so I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the underlying hardware or an application that loads when logging in.

System details: - Ubuntu 12.04 (Desktop, installed via Alternate CD for RAID) - 8GB of RAM - Core2Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz - Gigabit Network (Ethernet)

Other notes: - Running with the onscreen keyboard enabled - Works fine when logging in locally

Pre-login: enter image description here Once logged in:

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