Cursor Drawing problem using RDP version 5
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| rdesktop (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Using rdesktop on an Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit machine and connecting to a remote Ubuntu 12.04 host running x11rdp the cursor is not drawn correctly using the default protocol version. Rdesktop is version : 1.7.0-1ubuntu2
Upon first connecting the cursor appears normal size and appropriate resolution, but as soon as any graphical application is launched, the cursor changes to a 2 color version which appears to be 1 or maybe 2 times the correct size. The effect is a large black square which you can move around the screen with white blobs representing the different cursor shapes contained within it.
Changing the default protocol to use version 4 by adding ' -4 ' to the command line string removes this irritating behaviour, and makes the session usable once more.
At present, since the version 4 protocol seems to allow me to work on the things I need to, I am using this as a workaround, but there is clearly a bug of some sort in the default cursor handling for the new version.
I am happy to try turning on logging etc for diagnosis if required, provided simple instructions are given...
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