Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756743AbZAXJJY (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:09:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751017AbZAXJJJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:09:09 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f20.google.com ([209.85.220.20]:37674 "EHLO mail-fx0-f20.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750806AbZAXJJH (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:09:07 -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=HJbxKoBTcd1yialxsxVX+h9fCJcK60zEvaDjzOy7jDyY527tPnm4j5MzOEgm7eoLov PJ2II+z8siz6lzuSwLWh6FFQuPHBQ+vfneD8nApiCk6jZGXNZTVPCGmUnur/KpHzNpv/ OlNsdLtgHGBCMf3gl7b3OKg22syx5XcjIY1VI= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <46e1c7760901230433i3045f273oa109ce97e790bca3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:09:05 +0200 Message-ID: <46e1c7760901240109m5a0f3a85p788aa3ce35b49fa9@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] fb: hide cursor in graphics mode From: Risto Suominen To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: adaplas@pol.net, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, lkml 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: 962 Lines: 24 2009/1/24 Geert Uytterhoeven : > On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Risto Suominen wrote: >> Xserver Xfbdev (kdrive) uses linux framebuffer in graphics mode. It doesn't >> need the text mode cursor, it's a bit annoying to have it there sitting in a >> corner. This patch disables the cursor even when in graphics mode. >> >> Signed-off-by: Risto Suominen >> --- >> The testing is done on kernel version 2.6.18. > > Which is well... quite old. > > Does it also (still) happen with 2.6.28? > Well, I don't really know, but I assume it will: fbcon_is_inactive() still returns true if vc->vc_mode != KD_TEXT, and thus hinders fbcon_cursor() from doing anything 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/