Re: fbcon bug?

["Ville Syrjälä" <syrjala@sci.fi>]

On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 09:24:36PM -0500, Zack Smith wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've noticed that 2.6.14, when a console switch occurs going
> from a console that is KD_TEXT to one that is KD_GRAPHICS,
> fbcon doesn't seem to immediately shut down the cursor. It appears
> to draw or undraw the cursor at least once before it disables
> cursor activity due to graphics mode.
> 
> Does anybody know if this bug has been corrected in 14.1 or .2,
> or if anyone would mind if I go in and fix it?

I'm not sure if it's related but there is a cursor problem with atyfb. 
When doing ioctl(... KD_GRAPHICS) the cursor remains visible in most 
cases. Sometimes it does disappear properly but that is quite rare. 
However doing a vt switch to another vt and back again seems to fix it 
every time so I'm not sure it's the same problem you're seeing. None of 
the other fb drivers I use implement a hardware cursor which is probably 
the reason I'm only seeing it on atyfb.

-- 
Ville Syrjälä
syrjala@sci.fi
http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/


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