From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 1 20:51:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5679D16A4CE for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 20:51:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3367343FB1 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 20:51:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) Received: from beta.home (ppp107-193.lns1.adl1.internode.on.net [150.101.107.193])hA24peTn071605; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 15:21:41 +1030 (CST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Malcolm Kay Organization: At home To: Darren Henderson , stable@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 15:21:40 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <5.0.2.1.1.20031101221925.0326b1f0@popserver.sfu.ca> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200311021521.40284.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Subject: Re: syscon cursor change in 4.9-STABLE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 04:51:44 -0000 On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 12:58, Darren Henderson wrote: > Ok, potentially silly observation time - may just be a sign of my brain > ossifying ... have upgraded three systems to 4.9-STABLE with a cvsup fr= om > 10/31. Two from 4.9 pre-releases and one from 4.8-STABLE. > > The cursor behavior in the console (and rxvt and xterm) seems to have > changed. I seem to recall it having always been a slow blinking block. = Now > its a non-blinking block. Can't seem to get it to go back to what I > remember. vidcontrol -c blink causes to the cursor to blink in syscons = but > at a very rapid rate. Not sure I see how the behavior of syscons and th= e X > terminals could be related. > > Only things in rc.conf are 'saver=3D"warp"', 'blanktime=3D"300"' and > 'keyrate=3D"fast"'. > > So, on the basis of this, am I imagining things? > I'm running 4.7-STABLE and I have steady block cursors both in console an= d xterm -- I haven't taken any specific action to set them this way. Nor do= I=20 recall having blinking cursors on earlier versions. It could be you found= =20 some way of setting this up earlier that has now got lost. May be I am missing something -- I would hate to suggest your brain really is ossifyi= ng;-) More likely you are just mis-remembering which happens to most of us some= of=20 the time (even me). Malcolm Kay