On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 10:08:58AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I have a question regarding svgatextmode.
> 
> I installed a new HDD in my notebook and installed a fresh SID system on 
> it. Everything works nicely except that I can't get svgatextmode working 
> again like it did before.
> 
> The notebook has a neomagic graphics chipset (Neomagic Corporation NM2200 
> [MagicGraph 256AV] (rev 32)) and svgatextmode works almost well, except 
> that the cursor is missing on bootup.
> When I restart it (/etc/init.d/svgatextmode restart) I get the cursor back 
> for the current console. The other consoles stay without cursor though.
> 
> In /etc/TextConfig I have the line
> Cursor 26-31
> which seem to define a propper cursor.
> 
> I also had to create the file /etc/default/STM_nocheckfb to get it working 
> at all.

Maybe you should turn the framebuffer off, then. There's some kernel
parameter you can pass at boot to do this. I think it's
"video=vga16:off". Or build your own kernel without framebuffer
support...

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