From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263509AbUDGNoH (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:44:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263593AbUDGNoG (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:44:06 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:6624 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263509AbUDGNn7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:43:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 22:46:53 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Quazgaa Scwhaa Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Disappearing cursor with vesafb Message-ID: <20040406204653.GH3084@openzaurus.ucw.cz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > allthewhile my red block cursors are unaffected. The following things > instigate the disappearance of my cursor: Switching to X and back to > console, and any other kind of switching to a graphical sort of mode, > be it framebuffer apps like graphical links, mplayer, etc. Also the > console screen blanking after 10 or however many minutes screensaver > type of deal. The thing is that it is somewhat random where I can > switch to X and back a few times and all is well and then the next > time the cursor disappears. Or maybe the first time I switch to X > and back the cursor will disappear, etc. On some rarer occasions i > think it happens even if i do nothing more than switch from a vterm > with a blinking underscore cursor to one with a red block and then > back. > I see it, too, and it was in 2.6.[0..4] at least. -- 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms