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From: Andrew Apted <ajapted@netspace.net.au>
To : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 00:50:15 +1000
Re: kgicon troubles - mode switching (and more)
Joseph Carter writes:
> On Sat, Apr 17, 1999 at 11:15:57AM +1000, Andrew Apted wrote:
> >
> > Read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/VGA-softcursor.txt. I've got the
> > following line in my /etc/init.d/boot file to set a nice solid blue
> > cursor when booting:
> >
> > for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do echo -ne '\033[?17;25;0c' > /dev/tty$i; done
> >
> > Works both on vgacon and framebuffer devices (including kgicon) BTW.
>
> Ahh, I just figured out why that didn't work for me before.. My bad.
>
> However supposedly one can do echo -ne '\033[?2c' to get a "normal"
> blinking underline---comes back with a white blinking block on kgicon,
> which is supposedly what \033[?6c is supposed to return (and does)
>
> Does kgicon only support a block cursor at the moment (or at the moment
> of my last snapshot?)
If I remember correctly, "softcursor on framebuffer" is done by the
FBCON code, so I reckon it's a limitation of the normal kernel stuff.
I'm sure the linux-fb folks would just love a patch which implemented
the different cursor heights *big grin*.
Cheers,
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