Same problem for me. My workaround is to ssh into the box from another box (or use a virtual terminal as suggested above). Do "ps auxwf" and kill the tsclient PID parent that's just above the rdesktop child then the white box is destroyed and you can proceed with your RDP login.
Very annoying little issue. -- [intrepid] enter a computer name then hit enter, list stays on screen and steals input https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270374 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs