The workaround that I found to work was to add two lines of code in the client source code, then compile and update the guacamole war file in the tomcat directory.
Follow the steps for building the guacamole client from source code as stated here http://guacamole.apache.org/doc/gug/installing-guacamole.html#building-guacamole-client but before running the "mvn package" command edit the file guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/client/controllers/clientController.js in a basic text editor. In the text file, search for the line containing "// Determine whether the reconnect countdown applies" and change the next line to be "var countdown = null;" to disable the auto-reconnect feature. Next, continue with the steps from the building guide from above. -- Sent from: http://apache-guacamole-general-user-mailing-list.2363388.n4.nabble.com/
