diff --git a/xorg/X11R7.6/rdp/rdpinput.c b/xorg/X11R7.6/rdp/rdpinput.c
index f221ae34..cbb4962a 100644
--- a/xorg/X11R7.6/rdp/rdpinput.c
+++ b/xorg/X11R7.6/rdp/rdpinput.c
@@ -706,6 +706,12 @@ rdpSpriteSetCursor(DeviceIntPtr pDev, ScreenPtr pScr, CursorPtr pCurs,
 
     if (pCurs == 0)
     {
+        // HACK to support blank cursors
+        memset(cur_data, 0, sizeof(cur_data));
+        memset(cur_mask, 0xffffffff, sizeof(cur_mask));
+        rdpup_begin_update();
+        rdpup_set_cursor(16, 16, cur_data, cur_mask);
+        rdpup_end_update();
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/xup/xup.c b/xup/xup.c
index df4ee7d8..32b84f50 100644
--- a/xup/xup.c
+++ b/xup/xup.c
@@ -263,7 +263,9 @@ lib_mod_connect(struct mod *mod)
     // FIXME CRITICAL
     // Prevent an immediate RDP exit
     // Why is this still needed even after waiting for the X11rdp server to start!?!?
-    g_sleep(5000);
+    // I suspect the X11rdp server is not quite ready to accept new connections when we try to connect
+    // It is possible that this problem will go away on an Infiniband interconnect, but for now sleeping for 10 seconds seems to work around the problem on 100M Ethernet
+    g_sleep(10000);
 
     if (g_strcmp(mod->ip, "") == 0)
     {