Re: fbcon bug?

["Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>]

Zack Smith wrote:
> Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
>> Once the console is in KD_GRPHICS mode, all access the to the
>> framebuffer are essentially stopped. 
> 
> What I'm seeing is that after a console switch to a KD_GRAPHICS console
> (call it A)
> from a KD_TEXT console (console B), B's cursor is seemingly undrawn in A.
> Basically, wherever the cursor was B, that's where you will see a black
> box drawn in A,
> and there is a delay in its being drawn.

Strange. If you can trace why this is happening, that will be helpful.

Note that vt.c also has it's own softcursor (it uses con->putc), which
sometimes run in parallel with fbcon's cursor so you might want to check
that also.

Tony


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