From: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
To: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: exiting X and rebooting
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:16:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031127121656.GA8606@hh.idb.hist.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200311270617.03654.gene.heskett@verizon.net>
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 06:17:03AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings;
>
> I'm not sure what category this minor complaint falls under, but since
> its evidenced by a 2.6 kernel and not a 2.4, this seems like the
> place.
>
> One of the things I've been meaning to mention is that if I'm running
> a 2.6 kernel, and exit X to reboot, the shell that had a cursor when
> I started X from it, no longer has a cursor when x has been stopped.
> This occurs only for 2.6 kernels, but works as usual for 2.4 kernels
> giving a big full character block for a cursor.
>
> One can still type, and the keystrokes are echo'd properly. But it is
> a bit un-nerving at first. Logging clear out and back in again to
> re-init the shell doesn't help. The cursor is gone.
This seems like a framebuffer problem to me, are you using a framebuffer,
and if so, which one?
Helge Hafting
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-27 12:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-27 11:17 exiting X and rebooting Gene Heskett
2003-11-27 12:16 ` Helge Hafting [this message]
2003-11-27 15:25 ` Gene Heskett
2003-11-27 13:14 ` Daniel Drake
2003-11-27 15:31 ` Gene Heskett
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