Re: exiting X and rebooting

From: Helge Hafting
Date: Thu Nov 27 2003 - 07:07:04 EST


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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