Gnome-panel won't start when run through NX session

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (SLED 11)
gnome-panel-2.24.1-12.20.1
FreeNX or NX Server

Situation

Gnome-panel won't start when run through NX session.

The program 'gnome-panel' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'.
  (Details: serial 112 error_code 1 request_code 150 minor_code 8)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

Resolution

Current workaround is to downgrade to gnome-panel-2.24.1-12.19 which is the version included on the original SLED 11 DVD.

Cause

Additional Information

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