rdesktop - windows 7 - mouse pointer invisible - no black outline

I have recently upgraded to Windows 7.

I use rdesktop from my linux desktop to remote in.

The Win7 system default mouse pointer theme is white with a black outline. However, when using rdesktop, the black outline is not displayed, rendering the pointer invisible when on a white background.

I have tried using the black pointer theme, but there one or two pointers which don't have a black counterpart (eg: the pointing finger for when you mouse over a url) - these too disappear.

This problem does not occur on WinXP.

Is there any way to get a black outline on rdesktop to Win7?

Just go to control panel, on the remote Windows 7 desktop, and disable Mouse pointer shadow, in the mouse configuration section.

I have just solved this over at Unix & Linux StackExchange. In short, you can tell Xorg to override the cursor that rdesktop is trying to set, so that you get a different cursor instead:

$ mkdir -p ~/.icons/default/cursors
$ ln -s /usr/share/icons/Vanilla-DMZ/cursors/left_ptr ~/.icons/default/cursors/24020000002800000528000084810000

In this case the default Windows 7 cursor (2402...) is being replaced by the default arrow (left_ptr) from the Vanilla-DMZ cursor theme. Adjust as appropriate. The change should be visible as soon as you close and reopen rdesktop.