From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264497AbTK0MGU (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:06:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264501AbTK0MGU (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:06:20 -0500 Received: from hermine.idb.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:56329 "HELO hermine.idb.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264497AbTK0MGT (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:06:19 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:16:56 +0100 To: Gene Heskett Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: exiting X and rebooting Message-ID: <20031127121656.GA8606@hh.idb.hist.no> References: <200311270617.03654.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200311270617.03654.gene.heskett@verizon.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Helge Hafting Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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