Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 04:36:01 +0200 From: "Reko Turja" <reko.turja@liukuma.net> To: "Willem Hendriks" <whendrik.freebsd@xs4all.nl>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Character 208 acts strangs in console, when moving mouse Message-ID: <078401c836e7$939e4eb0$0a0aa8c0@endor.swagman.org> References: <20071205031135.GA3501@platvis.lan>
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> When i display character 208 in my console and move my mouse, i see > the strangest things. > FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p8, with default screenmap and console settings. > > http://www.xs4all.nl/~whendrik/download/mouse > > wget and cat that file in a console to see the effect. > > I tried it on my laptop and desktop PC with same kernel. Anyone else > experience this > problem/effect? I think it should be a pi character upside down, > mostly used to draw > tables in combination with other characters... Mouse cursor mapping artifact. In text mode on PC hardware, the mouse pointer has to be mapped to a character in order to show "fancy" pointer. Nothing to worry about. -Reko
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