From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Sep 2 04:20:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA01032 for bugs-outgoing; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 04:20:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA01011; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 04:20:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 04:20:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199709021120.EAA01011@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Kazutaka YOKOTA Subject: Re: kern/4417: syscons: mouse pointer destroys characters Reply-To: Kazutaka YOKOTA Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR kern/4417; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kazutaka YOKOTA To: eserte@cs.tu-berlin.de Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: kern/4417: syscons: mouse pointer destroys characters Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 20:17:23 +0900 >>Number: 4417 >>Category: kern >>Synopsis: syscons: mouse pointer destroys characters >>Confidential: no >>Severity: serious >>Priority: medium >>Responsible: freebsd-bugs >>State: open >>Class: sw-bug >>Submitter-Id: current-users >>Arrival-Date: Fri Aug 29 07:20:02 PDT 1997 >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: Slaven Rezic >>Organization: >Private FreeBSD site, Berlin, Germany >>Release: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 >>Environment: [snip] >>Description: > > When using the mouse pointer in a syscons console (vidcontrol > -m on), the characters from 0xd0 to 0xd3 are not shown > properly. I am afraid that this annoyance is known; this is the way the mouse pointer is drawn in the text console under the current version of syscons. The problem cannot be solved unless we have the full raster console or abandon mouse support in the text console outright. Kazu