Hi tech@, Use the CD bit (Cursor Disable) in the cursor start register to properly disable hardware cursor.
>From NetBSD. See commit message [1] and diff [2] for more information. Comments? OK? [1] http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/ic/pcdisplay_subr.c?rev=1.35&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup [2] http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/ic/pcdisplay_subr.c.diff?r1=1.34&r2=1.35&only_with_tag=MAIN Index: pcdisplay_subr.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/dev/ic/pcdisplay_subr.c,v retrieving revision 1.12 diff -u -p -r1.12 pcdisplay_subr.c --- pcdisplay_subr.c 30 May 2017 08:24:56 -0000 1.12 +++ pcdisplay_subr.c 30 May 2017 09:03:18 -0000 @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ void pcdisplay_cursor_reset(struct pcdisplayscreen *scr) { #ifdef PCDISPLAY_SOFTCURSOR - pcdisplay_6845_write(scr->hdl, curstart, 0x10); - pcdisplay_6845_write(scr->hdl, curend, 0x10); + pcdisplay_6845_write(scr->hdl, curstart, 0x20); + pcdisplay_6845_write(scr->hdl, curend, 0x00); #endif }
