Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: exiting X and rebooting | Date | Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:31:06 -0500 |
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On Thursday 27 November 2003 08:14, Daniel Drake wrote: >Which display driver are you using for X?
XFree's nv from 4.2.1. Card is a GForce2 MX-200. Sorry, I should have included that info.
>Using > Xinerama/multi-displays or similar?
No, just an elderly NEC 5FG that refuses to die of old age.
>I noticed this behaviour once > on a dual-monitor setup. After starting X then exiting it, I > noticed the problems that you describe on the primary monitor. > However the secondary monitor was showing the output as normal > (including cursor) if I remember correctly. >Both displays were running from a single GeForce4 Ti card, using the > nvidia binary driver under X. No framebuffer. > >Never found the problem, but never really investigated either. > >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.
-- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.27% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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