Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:52:18 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: sleepy linux 2.6.23-rc9 |
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Clemens Koller wrote: >> >> When I boot init=/bin/bash vga=791 (vesa framebuffer), most wakeups >> are caused by cursor painting (I should fix that some day, I >> guess). But... the cursor blinking does not even work properly! >> >> It blinks at normal speed, then (randomly) it blinks slowly, then gets >> back to normal speed, then inserts longer delay. > > Is the effect a beat that it has roughly the frequency of your Notebooks > screen refresh rate (60Hz)? (in german: Schwebung) > >> The effect is so nice that I thought about youtube ;-). Thinkpad >> x60.. question is, how to debug it? > > No idea... check where the register of the HW cursor blink rate > gets written? But as it seems to be so nice, please submit a patch > which enables this for all platforms. ;-) >
For the VESA framebuffer I would assume the cursor blinking is done in software (if done at all.)
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