Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758175AbZAVUYN (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:24:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751102AbZAVUX5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:23:57 -0500 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.154]:6848 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752015AbZAVUX4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:23:56 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=EUDhgXKJj7R7VYN5ut55MzcYEZfcZuu1jn1E+Y+xcDa/SnK4OytK5UP2y8IP/+VNOx bgiMRAn2rmdmMsBtPrmoHpVryqn8BKLeYVc73YvrVRXBzjdEr0rZRKqgL4m/x/eudHiO n+IvZTKnF/Y/pgRxwVQR98xZG3PLmHQHVDkxQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <46e1c7760901221153i3fa9b2b6w8432d60119545c8f@mail.gmail.com> References: <46e1c7760901221023r2766a57ey4564d05c05751b6e@mail.gmail.com> <20090122190432.55696781@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <46e1c7760901221153i3fa9b2b6w8432d60119545c8f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:23:54 +0200 Message-ID: <46e1c7760901221223x480a3d4ctded298ae89ac4187@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt - fb: hide cursor in graphics mode From: Risto Suominen To: Alan Cox Cc: adaplas@pol.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 784 Lines: 22 2009/1/22 Risto Suominen : > 2009/1/22 Alan Cox : >> >> NAK. You need to work out what your real problem is I think. When we >> enter graphics mode we hide the cursor automatically and always have done. >> >> See set_cursor() and also do_blank_screen(1) >> > Could it be that console != fg_console, and we never reach do_blank_screen? > > Risto > Wait, I have a better theory: fbcon_is_inactive() hinders fbcon_cursor() from doing anything, if the vc is already in graphics mode. Risto -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/