Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756228AbZKJMaM (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:30:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752119AbZKJMaL (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:30:11 -0500 Received: from buzzloop.caiaq.de ([212.112.241.133]:43117 "EHLO buzzloop.caiaq.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751965AbZKJMaJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:30:09 -0500 Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:30:08 +0100 From: Daniel Mack To: David Newall Cc: Alan Cox , Clemens Ladisch , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Andrew Morton , Geert Uytterhoeven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: make the default cursor shape configurable Message-ID: <20091110123008.GW14091@buzzloop.caiaq.de> References: <4AF7D439.4030305@ladisch.de> <20091109091044.GX29442@buzzloop.caiaq.de> <4AF7DDC1.4090006@ladisch.de> <20091109095316.6283fbd6@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <4AF7FC64.6030904@ladisch.de> <20091109114600.4d91b90e@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20091109145056.GB14091@buzzloop.caiaq.de> <4AF8582B.2000403@davidnewall.com> <20091109220944.GH14091@buzzloop.caiaq.de> <4AF956F8.7090707@davidnewall.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4AF956F8.7090707@davidnewall.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1257 Lines: 25 On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:35:12PM +1030, David Newall wrote: > I'm having trouble seeing a flashing cursor during device startup as a > problem. I expect it will prove a useful diagnostic, one day. I think > you can turn it off (from user space) within a couple of seconds of > power on; you did say embedded, didn't you? Perhaps you even can > configure your hardware to not display the cursor on startup, which is > the second likeliest (after user-space) place to satisfy your needs. I'm talking about an embedded device with no keyboard connected but only a touch screen. In this case, the cursor is clearly misleading, as there is no input device to use it. And for such a case (and I'm sure I'm not the only one having it), a way to switch the cursor off is much appreciated. I don't believe that's so hard to understand, really. "A couple of seconds" is still too much. We don't want to give the impression of a terminal at all. The whole application starting afterwards has no cursor either. Daniel -- 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/