From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gerd Knorr Subject: cursor bug Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:11:13 +0100 Message-ID: <20041108161113.GA23504@bytesex> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CRCFV-0007w7-6A for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 08:20:09 -0800 Received: from hirsch.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.6] ident=root) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.41) id 1CRCFT-0005VG-Bk for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 08 Nov 2004 08:20:09 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Hi, There is annonying cursor bug in recent kernels (started in 2.6.10-rc1 IIRC). There kernel seems not to keep track of the cursor state correctly when switching virtual terminals. Here is how to reproduce it: (1) boot with vesafb (thats what I'm using, maybe it shows on other framebuffers and/or vgacon as well). (2) login into one terminal, then type "echo -ne '\033[?17;15;239c'". You should have a nice, yellow and *not* blinking cursor block. That is what I have in my .profile because I can't stand the blinking cursors. (3) Switch to another terminal. The cursor goes into blinking underscore mode now (i.e. the default cursor). (4) Switch back to the first terminal. Now you have a yellow block with the last two pixel lines (i.e. the underscore) blinking. Oh no. Please fix that. Thank you. Gerd -- #define printk(args...) fprintf(stderr, ## args) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click