Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758943AbZAXN04 (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:26:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754026AbZAXN0h (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:26:37 -0500 Received: from edna.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.132.58]:39390 "EHLO edna.telenet-ops.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758498AbZAXN0g (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:26:36 -0500 Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:26:32 +0100 (CET) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: Risto Suominen cc: adaplas@pol.net, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, lkml Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] fb: hide cursor in graphics mode In-Reply-To: <46e1c7760901240109m5a0f3a85p788aa3ce35b49fa9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <46e1c7760901230433i3045f273oa109ce97e790bca3@mail.gmail.com> <46e1c7760901240109m5a0f3a85p788aa3ce35b49fa9@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1503 Lines: 38 On Sat, 24 Jan 2009, Risto Suominen wrote: > 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. FYI, I've just seen the other patch you posted before. I'm also wondering what's really going wrong, as I haven't ever noticed this problem during the last 10 years. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- 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/