From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B7D413826A for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 07:53:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EBE99E0B72; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 07:53:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-f174.google.com (mail-pd0-f174.google.com [209.85.192.174]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D7C74E0B29 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 07:53:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f174.google.com with SMTP id z10so262863pdj.33 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:53:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=onF3/LIF3Tldfl5kTZ1Y1sV3lbSo7VdIWlL3xQrymmM=; b=TdFhwxgXG4Dyt81uk5wchbMy017Ioa52BZpTjgBwVtGFba68ZeoLhhdW700BK5rcAi LhMp5f9KTsp2VkUCf71VUpIMhX+Vg1yz1VjV2ztNCtwSIOi5FcULsUx9E6V4ZbyHvTOP 7X7a0EJlk92Bd9btgoMbqzIlAaxtd6On2vaVLp458Lo5F7J6UpN2hNwhlzm0nu2llSmV kgemR4WfWQSof0cwwed3jcUEEbSSa73vsHirzWBfeBGqvSNY1fGjf0/JWSe6orNpjV+p O8IM81r1n3UtjAoeQJXOoXK+W6ZcsOZSOT2IQcB9OFD0cZ2UIk3RI1kh0C3x/Z9M0ITL dvsg== X-Received: by 10.66.145.166 with SMTP id sv6mr14438039pab.31.1382774015675; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:53:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (213-154-212-42.static.vega-ua.net. [213.154.212.42]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id kd1sm18804085pab.20.2013.10.26.00.53.32 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 26 Oct 2013 00:53:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <526B74F8.9080201@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:53:28 +0300 From: Alexander Kapshuk User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20121216 Icedove/3.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan McKinnon , billk@iinet.net.au CC: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] re: mouse pointer not consistent [net-misc/rdesktop-1.7.1] References: <526ACB30.6050005@gmail.com> <526B23F9.7020104@iinet.net.au> <526B65B8.8010908@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <526B65B8.8010908@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9cc5d4a8-bfbe-4366-8eb7-7ff434f15cd4 X-Archives-Hash: 2db40f7d6361790b01d6e23dadd5fb1a On 10/26/2013 09:48 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 26/10/2013 04:07, William Kenworthy wrote: > >> On 26/10/13 03:49, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: >> >>> When running [net-misc/rdesktop-1.7.1], I've noticed that the mouse >>> pointer is sometimes shaped like a capital letter 'I', like when a mouse >>> pointer is over a string of characters. Sorry, not sure what the proper >>> name for the character is. While at other times, it is a proper mouse >>> pointer, shaped like an arrow. >>> >>> Is it possible to have the proper mouse pointer displayed at all times? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >> Isnt that a "feature" - its telling you that the area below the pointer >> is for text entry. >> > > That's correct. > > rdesktop connects to a Windows host (usually) and Windows changes the > cursor depending on what it is hovering over. It *is* consistent from a > Windows POV > > > I see. It's just that I get the cursor that usually appears when the mouse pointer is placed over some text, even when pointing at icons when running rdesktop. I remember using another RDP client on another Linux system where the cursor behaved the way it does when running Windows or Linux direct. Anyway, thanks for the explanation.