From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell King Subject: [BUG] 2.5.71: no cursor until tty output Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:00:42 +0100 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20030616190042.F13312@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 19RyHu-0002Sn-00 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:01:02 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Linux Kernel List There appears to be a bug in fbcon where the soft cursor does not appear on the screen until some tty output occurs. I suspect soft cursor is missing some initialisation somewhere; I have once seen some random garbage flashing on the screen instead of the cursor, which seems to be where the cursor is supposed to be. When tty output occurs, the characters appear where the garbage was, and the normal cursor appears. I've noticed this on several fbcon drivers, so I don't believe it is a generic fbcon bug. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5