Re: [rdesktop-users] 1.8.2 - No Cursor w/ Windows Server 2012 R2

[George S. <ge...@mh...>]

On 6/30/2014 12:11 AM, Henrik Andersson wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:43:47 -0600
> George Sexton <ge...@mh...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> On 6/27/2014 6:27 AM, John Friend wrote:
>>> I think its an rdesktop bug related to pointer shadowing. Try to
>>> disable "pointer shadow" at control panel/mouse for a temp.
>>> solution. I have not observed this problem w/ freerdp or mstsc
>>>
>> Thanks. Changing that setting does seem to have worked.
>>
> Just out of curiosity, commit r1792 should fix this and set this flag
> per default when connecting to the server. This fix was verified
> working and is included in release 1.8.2.
I tried using 1.8.2 compiled from source on OpenSUSE 12.3. Logging in as 
an administrator, if I enabled mouse pointer shadowing in control panel, 
the cursor stayed stuck on an hourglass. When I opened control panel, 
and changed it back to disabled, the cursor resumed normal operation.

I can reproduce these steps about 80% of the time.

The server is running Windows Server 2012 R2 with all patches applied 
and the connection is via WAN, or LAN.


>
> You mentioned that you tested 1.8.2 and could produce this issue, could
> you please double check if that is the case. If so, could it be that
> you had a domain policy that overrided the pointer shadow settings ?

It's a new server, and I haven't created such a thing. Users can turn 
this setting on and off.

>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> From: eli...@gm...
>>> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:17:19 -0500
>>> To: ge...@mh...
>>> CC: rde...@li...
>>> Subject: Re: [rdesktop-users] 1.8.2 - No Cursor w/ Windows Server
>>> 2012 R2
>>>
>>> FWIW, I experienced this behavior intermittently last week on
>>> Windows 8.1 to Server 2012R2 using the windows built-in mstsc.exe.
>>> I.e. It may not be a rdesktop issue.
>>>
>>> Elizabeth Greene
>>>
>>>

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