On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 10:51:48AM -0500, Cal Webster wrote: > rdesktop has been spewing error messages since the update to CentOS 6.4. > Aside from the continuous stream of errors in the terminal window from > which it was launched, there are a number of usability issues in the > remote session. The pointer does not change shape when moving over > various window components such as column separators, window borders, > etc. The background doesn't refresh within scroll bars, making it > difficult to tell where the scroll handle is. We've also found that MS > Visio will crash and hang the remote system if run within rdesktop. > Other strange phenomenon are also manifest in various applications. In > short, rdesktop 1.6.0-10 is buggy and unstable. See this upstream bug > report for more: > > Bug 914279 - regression in 1.6.0-10.el6: Mousepointer and selections not > drawn properly > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=914279 there is a newer version upstream (meaning the author's web site), but I don't know if it solves these problems. 1.8.0 is available from http://www.rdesktop.org/#download I know, we all hate to override the package manager with un-packaged programs, but sometimes you just gotta. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) -----------------------------