[ rdesktop-Bugs-1992786 ] cursor color

Bugs item #1992786, was opened at 2008-06-13 05:04
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Category: Visual
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: cursor color

Initial Comment:
The cursor color is alway black, even when on the remote machine a window is black. So the cursor is not visible.
The color should somohow get inverted, based on the background.


Configuration:

rdesktop Version 1.6.0. 
Local OS: Linux SLC4
Remote OS: any Windows 



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Comment By: Adam Thompson (athompso)
Date: 2010-09-27 12:42

Message:
Not only is the cursor always black for me, but the cursor shapes are often
slightly corrupted.  I'd attach a screenshot if I could figure out how to
do so in SF's bug tracker...

This only occurs for me when connecting to WS2008R2 x64 servers; it is not
a problem when connecting to a WS2003 x86, WS2003R2 x86, or SBS2008 x64
server.


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Comment By: Shrenik (sbhura)
Date: 2009-03-17 00:34

Message:
I am using rdesktop and seamlessrdp to connect to some windows
applications
that have a text area with black background. In such cases the black
cursor
seems to be lost in the background. However, when using the cursor keys we
can
detect the movement with a white blink. 

This problem occurs irrespective of using seamlessrdp. I am not sure of
the
appropriate solution, however the solution given here -
http://swartzlander.org/rdesktop-1.6.0-bswartz-cursor.patch
seems to address this issue. This may be used to fix the same else an
alternate
solution is required. 

When running the same application in Windows purely, it clearly shows a
visible
cursor.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
This may be tough to reproduce if you don't have access to a Windows
application with such a black text-area. I am using an accounting software
very
specific to this region called Tally (version 7.2 or 9.0).
1. From a terminal run 'rdesktop <windows-terminal-server-ip-or-host>'
2. Open the application such as Tally having such a black text-area 
3. Navigate to the text-area and the cursor is no longer visible
Actual Results:  
Cursor not visible

Expected Results:  
Cursor should be visible in some clearly distinguishable color

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