Latest working kernel version: 2.6.25.8 Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.26 Distribution: LFS 6.3 Hardware Environment: VMWare 5.5 Software Environment: LFS, framebuffer console Problem Description: When I use setfont to change font to 512 chars font, than blinking cursor disappers. Steps to reproduce: 1) setfont LatArCyrHeb-16.psfu.gz 2) press enter (sometimes twice or more) 3) blinking cursor disappers 4) start typing (no cursor) 5) press "backspace" => cursor is back
sometimes "showconsolefont" leads to no cursor
Reply-To: akpm@linux-foundation.org (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:27:54 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11258 > > Summary: fbcon cursor disappered after switch to 512 consolefont > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.26.1 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Console/Framebuffers > AssignedTo: jsimmons@infradead.org > ReportedBy: hanzelpeter@gmail.com > > > Latest working kernel version: 2.6.25.8 > Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.26 > Distribution: LFS 6.3 > Hardware Environment: VMWare 5.5 > Software Environment: LFS, framebuffer console > Problem Description: When I use setfont to change font to 512 chars font, > than > blinking cursor disappers. > > Steps to reproduce: > 1) setfont LatArCyrHeb-16.psfu.gz > 2) press enter (sometimes twice or more) > 3) blinking cursor disappers > 4) start typing (no cursor) > 5) press "backspace" => cursor is back > A regression.
I bisected http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git And found this: 7fe3915a492503a9199af475a433b50258303806 is first bad commit commit 7fe3915a492503a9199af475a433b50258303806 Author: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> Date: Mon May 12 14:02:38 2008 -0700 vt/fbcon: update scrl_erase_char after 256/512-glyph font switch Addendum to commit c9e587abfdec2c2aaa55fab83bcb4972e2f84f9b ("vt: fix background color on line feed"). vc->vc_scrl_erase_char was not updated when fbcon switches between 256- and 512-glyph fonts. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> :040000 040000 64781b2d980fdd05f04ab5e044349175677009e8 f1cb8948ba72075f2f83a2c812187758ecf46641 M drivers So this commit fixes bug with vt: fix background color on line feed but makes cursor disappear as discribed.
Hello. Look like this fixes the bug: diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c index 3385993..85822b4 100644 --- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c +++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c @@ -2518,7 +2518,7 @@ static int fbcon_do_set_font(struct vc_data *vc, int w, int h, c = vc->vc_video_erase_char; vc->vc_video_erase_char = ((c & 0xfe00) >> 1) | (c & 0xff); - c = vc->vc_def_color; + c = (vc->vc_def_color << 8) | ' '; vc->vc_scrl_erase_char = ((c & 0xFE00) >> 1) | (c & 0xFF); vc->vc_attr >>= 1; @@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ static int fbcon_do_set_font(struct vc_data *vc, int w, int h, if (vc->vc_can_do_color) { vc->vc_video_erase_char = ((c & 0xff00) << 1) | (c & 0xff); - c = vc->vc_def_color; + c = (vc->vc_def_color << 8) | ' '; vc->vc_scrl_erase_char = ((c & 0xFF00) << 1) | (c & 0xFF); vc->vc_attr <<= 1;
Reply-To: krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:12:04 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the > bugzilla web interface). > > On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:27:54 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org > wrote: > > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11258 > > > > Summary: fbcon cursor disappered after switch to 512 consolefont > > A regression. > The patch for the issue is below. It is very similar to Peter Hanzel's patch already posted to the bugzilla but it honors vc_scrl_erase_char for scrolling. Regards, Krzysztof ---- From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> Adjust and honor the vc_scrl_erase_char for 256 and 512 character fonts. It fixes the issue with disappearing cursor during scrolling (kernel bug #11258). The issue was reported and tracked by Peter Hanzel. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> diff -urp linux-ref/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c linux-2.6.27/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c --- linux-ref/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c 2008-08-09 19:00:06.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.27/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c 2008-08-09 19:04:44.000000000 +0200 @@ -2515,7 +2515,7 @@ static int fbcon_do_set_font(struct vc_d c = vc->vc_video_erase_char; vc->vc_video_erase_char = ((c & 0xfe00) >> 1) | (c & 0xff); - c = vc->vc_def_color; + c = vc->vc_scrl_erase_char; vc->vc_scrl_erase_char = ((c & 0xFE00) >> 1) | (c & 0xFF); vc->vc_attr >>= 1; @@ -2548,7 +2548,7 @@ static int fbcon_do_set_font(struct vc_d if (vc->vc_can_do_color) { vc->vc_video_erase_char = ((c & 0xff00) << 1) | (c & 0xff); - c = vc->vc_def_color; + c = vc->vc_scrl_erase_char; vc->vc_scrl_erase_char = ((c & 0xFF00) << 1) | (c & 0xFF); vc->vc_attr <<= 1; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tylko dla detektywow! Konkurs na Smaker.pl Kliknij >>> http://link.interia.pl/f1eb1
Added to -mm, as fbcon-prevent-cursor-disappearance-after-switching-to-512-character-font.patch
fized by commit afa9b649aa699297258dbb67aaae651c9ad4245f