From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264072AbTFPRq5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:46:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264052AbTFPRq5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:46:57 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:17425 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264072AbTFPRqw (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:46:52 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:00:42 +0100 From: Russell King To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Linux Kernel List Subject: [BUG] 2.5.71: no cursor until tty output Message-ID: <20030616190042.F13312@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Linux Kernel List Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Microsoft Outlook is vulnerable to viruses. See www.mutt.org for more details. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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