Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:16:56 +0100
To: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: exiting X and rebooting
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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
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