With regards to the workaround, it seems clicking cancel will display the sign in window for an instant. I've managed to get a screenshot of this so others can see the approximate positions of buttons, text boxes etc.
** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2013-01-31 19:21:00.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotot/+bug/1019752/+attachment/3509467/+files/Screenshot%20from%202013-01-31%2019%3A21%3A00.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1019752 Title: hotot won't start correctly xubuntu 12.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotot/+bug/1019752/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs