Re: Dazzled by cursor
On approximately Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 09:25:24AM -0500, Mark Roach wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 03:56, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> > * David Jardine (david@jardine.de) [020808 16:59]:
> > > I've just installed kernel 2.2.20 (to replace 2.2.19). I'm quite
> > > pleased with the penguin top left as it boots, and the 30-line
> > > display might be an improvement, but the over-bright cursor makes
> > > it extremely unpleasant to keep my eyes open in the same room as
> > > the computer.
> > >
> > > I've an idea from something I read somewhere that this may be
> > > produced by the svgalibg1 package, but I can't find any
> >
> > No, that's not right. You're using the kernel's framebuffer support,
> > not svgalib's video mode switching. Unfortunately, I don't have The
> > Answer, but hopefully I can save you from barking up the wrong tree.
>
> Appending vga=normal at the lilo prompt might help.
>
> -Mark
You might try to ask this question on linux-kernel also.
Josh
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