mouse movement a bit jerky (lucid)

Bug #537884 reported by SeanBoran
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rdesktop (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: rdesktop

Version 1.6.0/lucid update from 10.mar

I use rdp to a remote WinXP system heavily. Some times I have to work from windows and am trying to work entirely from Linux.
When I rdp from the same laptop, booted under lucid, or WinXp to the same target, the rdesktop from lucid is more 'jerky' I have to be careful to move the mouse slowly and wait a second here and there.

It does not seem to matter when I'm on the LAN or vpn via DSL.

The command line used is:
rdesktop -u USER -d DOMAIN -k de-ch -g 1900x1000 -a 16 -x b -r sound:off -5 TARGET_IP

I realise this is not a precise problem report, but was kind of hoping something could be improvement before lucid hits the streets.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar 12 07:25:44 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100209)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: rdesktop 1.6.0-2ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.17-generic-pae
SourcePackage: rdesktop
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic-pae i686

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SeanBoran (sean-boran) wrote :
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gingerluo (greerr) wrote :

when i use RDP, the mouse sometimes will go stuck at one point, or the left border of the screen, uless i move the cursor slow, the cursor will turn back to the stuck point(border).

further more, when i setup the "speed" of mouse configuration, to a slower value (usually less than 50%), this phenomena will gone.

 could you check?

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SeanBoran (sean-boran) wrote :

What mouse speed option is there? Reading the man page I dont see any...

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gingerluo (greerr) wrote :
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gingerluo (greerr) wrote :

Hi, Sean, i've added a screen shot.

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SeanBoran (sean-boran) wrote :

Sorry for the slow reply. In the mean time I've updated to Ubuntu Maverick. rdesktop is still v1.6.0.

I don't see an option in the rdesktop gui where preferences can be set as in your screenshot.
Are you sure that is rdesktop?

Tsclient does have a gui for settings, but its just a front end to rdesktop I understand, and I don't see mouse speed settings there either?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in rdesktop (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Richard van der Hoff (richvdh) wrote :

Sean: looks like he's talking about the system-wide mouse settings, rather than anything specific to rdesktop or tsclient.

In order to work around this problem, I've applied the patch linked to from here: http://xmemory.tompium.com/2011/04/mouse-movement-is-very-jerky-when-using.html, which makes the "Do not send motion events" work better.

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SeanBoran (sean-boran) wrote :

That sound interesting, can this patch be got into 12.04/precise, which is in alpha right now?
Have you any influence or ideas to get fixes committed for 12.04?

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gingerluo (greerr) wrote :

guys, is it been a bit long? :)

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