Re: Dazzled by cursor

[David Jardine <david@jardine.de>]

On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 12:57:06PM -0400, Josh McKinney wrote:
> 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.
> 

Thanks for all your help.

I tried "apropos framebuffer" which gave me a few leads that 
took me nowhere, I'm afraid.

I tried entering "vga=normal" at the lilo prompt, then inserting 
it in lilo.conf.  No change, and then I found the line had 
already been inserted in the default lilo.conf setup, anyway.

I've just subscribed to linux-kernel.

And then I read Dimmock Nick's posting - he seems to have the 
opposite problem if I understand him correctly - which led me 
to the Framebuffer-HOWTO (Section 5.9.  How do I modify the 
cursor?).  Eureka.  So just let me plough through this geek 
gibberish... :)

David