From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Feb 20 03:42:32 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 865E516A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 20 Feb 2004 03:42:31 -0800 (PST)
Received: from mail.kuaitech.com (69.50.228.80.ip.nectartech.com
	[69.50.228.80])	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AB7F43D1D
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 20 Feb 2004 03:42:31 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from loader@kuaitech.com)
Received: by mail.kuaitech.com (Postfix, from userid 3006)
	id 810D3B82C; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 03:54:48 -0800 (PST)
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 03:54:48 -0800
From: loader <loader@www.kuaitech.com>
To: Gautam Gopalakrishnan <gautam@inspired.net.au>
Message-ID: <20040220115448.GA66739@www.kuaitech.com>
References: <20040218065331.GA19752@www.kuaitech.com>
	<44eksstrgw.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20040219024439.GA24375@www.kuaitech.com>
	<20040220220353.585167fb.gautam@inspired.net.au>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20040220220353.585167fb.gautam@inspired.net.au>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i
cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: How to stop the cursor of emacs blinking in console?
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 11:42:32 -0000

On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 10:03:53PM +1100, Gautam Gopalakrishnan wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:44:39 -0800
> loader <loader@www.kuaitech.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 09:03:27AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > > loader <loader@www.kuaitech.com> writes:
> > > 
> > > > I use FreeBSD5.2.1-RC2, and emacs21. How can I stop the cursor
> > > > blinking in console?
> > > 
> > > I thought the default was that it didn't do that on the console...
> > > 
> > > Check out the blink-* variables; 
> > > I think that a .emacs setting of 
> > > (blink-cursor-mode nil) 
> > > should ensure the disabling of the blinking cursor.
> > 
> > Thank you for your reply. blink-cursor-mode doesn't work in FreeBSD
> > console, it only work in X, because emacs draws the cursor in X
> > itself. I don't know why it blinks in console.
> 
> I don't know if this will help.
> 
> /etc/rc.conf:
> cursor="blink"      # cursor type {normal|blink|destructive} (or NO).
> 
> Then
> /etc/rc.d/syscons restart
> 
Sorry, it doesn't work, but thank you all the same.

    -Loader