Re: exiting X and rebooting

[Daniel Drake <dan@reactivated.net>]

Which display driver are you using for X? Using Xinerama/multi-displays or similar?
I noticed this behaviour once on a dual-monitor setup. After starting X then 
exiting it, I noticed the problems that you describe on the primary monitor. 
However the secondary monitor was showing the output as normal (including 
cursor) if I remember correctly.
Both displays were running from a single GeForce4 Ti card, using the nvidia 
binary driver under X. No framebuffer.

Never found the problem, but never really investigated either.

Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings;
> 
> I'm not sure what category this minor complaint falls under, but since 
> its evidenced by a 2.6 kernel and not a 2.4, this seems like the 
> place.
> 
> One of the things I've been meaning to mention is that if I'm running 
> a 2.6 kernel, and exit X to reboot, the shell that had a cursor when 
> I started X from it, no longer has a cursor when x has been stopped.  
> This occurs only for 2.6 kernels, but works as usual for 2.4 kernels 
> giving a big full character block for a cursor.
> 
> One can still type, and the keystrokes are echo'd properly.  But it is 
> a bit un-nerving at first.  Logging clear out and back in again to 
> re-init the shell doesn't help.  The cursor is gone.
>