diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2f886e426..4867a0d4b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug #3442028 [edit] Inline editing enum fields with null shows no dropdown
 - bug #3442004 [interface] DB suggestion not correct for user with underscore
 - bug #3438420 [core] Magic quotes removed in PHP 5.4
+- bug #3398788 [session] No feedback when result is empty (signon auth_type)
 
 3.4.8.0 (2011-12-01)
 - bug #3425230 [interface] enum data split at space char (more space to edit)
diff --git a/libraries/session.inc.php b/libraries/session.inc.php
index 4f8caec6c..01daacbee 100644
--- a/libraries/session.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/session.inc.php
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ if (!empty($path)) {
 
 // but not all user allow cookies
 @ini_set('session.use_only_cookies', false);
-@ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', true);
+// do not force transparent session ids, see bug #3398788
+//@ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', true);
 @ini_set('url_rewriter.tags',
     'a=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry,fieldset=');
 //ini_set('arg_separator.output', '&');