Blinking Cursor on tty "Invisible"?

burninGpi · 03-24-2007, 12:46 AM

I am having a bunch of trouble right now. I'm trying to install Gentoo on a laptop, but the cursor on the tty doesn't show up. I'm using the intelfb framebuffer driver.

I'm typing this in Elinks, and having a bad time trying to find out where I'm typing.

I'm compiling my own kernel, if that helps at all.

In my menu.lst, I have the following parameter given to the kernel at boot:

Code:

video=intelfb:mode=1024x768-32@60,accel,hwcursor

The annoying thingh is tht if I spell on word wrong, lik ths, the rest of th wrds n the sentnce get msed up as well.

GrapefruiTgirl · 03-24-2007, 10:59 PM

That code you posted... I get the 1024x768 part, but is the rest of it for 32 bit color @ 60 Hz ??

*IF* it is, try changing it to something like 800x600-16*60 and remove the accel.

Speculation, but I don't think the intelfb will handle those specs, and 32 bit on windows is actually 24 on linux.
Hope it helps you, let us know

burninGpi · 03-25-2007, 08:06 PM

Thanks, turning off the hwcursor and accel options worked.