rdesktop shows a black cursor with Windows 2008 R2

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

When using rdesktop to connect to a Windows 2008 R2 server, the cursor is all black.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, rdesktop prior to 1.6.0-10.el6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, rdesktop-1.6.0-3

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