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SubjectRe: vcsa devices in 2.1.110
> I'm using pre-2.1.111-1 right know and it seems that the bug is fixed
> there. But there are still some problems. The first one that I think
> everybody noticed is if you try to switch to an unallocated console then
> the cursor disappears(because of the call to hide_cursor(console_fg) which
> is done just before change_console(want_console) in console_bh() from
> console.c). I fixed that by moving the call to vt.c: change_console just
> right before complete_change_console(of course I changed the prototype for
> hide_cursor) but I'm not sure that this is the right way.

Already fixed in my tree.

> The second problem that I noticed is happening when I'm running rhide(not
> me.. a friend, because I like vim) and the current position of cursor gets a
> wrong character when moving it. I'm not sure what's happening there but it
> seems a bug because this didn't happen with 2.1.106 or before.

Please try the patch below.

Have a nice fortnight
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Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
"Windows Error: 007 - System price error. Inadequate money spent."


--- console.c.mj Wed Jul 22 23:02:19 1998
+++ console.c Fri Jul 24 12:12:55 1998
@@ -431,14 +431,14 @@

static int softcursor_original;

-static void add_softcursor(int currcons)
+static inline void add_softcursor(int currcons)
{
int i = scr_readw((u16 *) pos);
u32 type = cursor_type;

+ if (! (type & 0x10)) return;
if (softcursor_original != -1) return;
softcursor_original = i;
- if (! (type & 0x10)) return;
i |= ((type >> 8) & 0xff00 );
i ^= ((type) & 0xff00 );
if ((type & 0x20) && ((softcursor_original & 0x7000) == (i & 0x7000))) i ^= 0x7000;
-
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