Re: Getting a cursor in console

2003-12-12 Thread Harvey Ussery
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If this helps take a look at the kernel documentation for details, the relevant part is "Software cursor for vga" (file VGA-softcursor.txt) I'm embarassed to say so, but I couldn't find doc specifcally for kernel. I looked in /usr/doc & /usr/share/doc No n

Re: Getting a cursor in console

2003-12-10 Thread news . malik
Hello Harvey, [...] > >the cursor might be set to the same color as the background and > >is therefore invisible or simply set to invisible mode. To make the > >cursor non-blinking, visible and white enter > > > > echo -e '\033[?17;0;500c' > > > Thanks, Joe, this seems to have done the trick--I n

Re: Getting a cursor in console

2003-12-10 Thread Harvey Ussery
Joe Malik wrote: On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 11:45:02PM -0500, Harvey Ussery wrote: I installed DebianPPC3.0(Woody) on an 800Mhz iMac 17"LCD. When working in Debian in a console, either from the command line or within a text editor (nano), I don't have a cursor marking the point of input. Thi

Re: Getting a cursor in console

2003-12-08 Thread Joe Malik
On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 11:45:02PM -0500, Harvey Ussery wrote: > I installed DebianPPC3.0(Woody) on an 800Mhz iMac 17"LCD. When working > in Debian in a console, either from the command line or within a text > editor (nano), I don't have a cursor marking the point of input. This is > a little di

Getting a cursor in console

2003-11-30 Thread Harvey Ussery
I installed DebianPPC3.0(Woody) on an 800Mhz iMac 17"LCD. When working in Debian in a console, either from the command line or within a text editor (nano), I don't have a cursor marking the point of input. This is a little disconcerting, especially in those contexts where the presence or absenc