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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!netmbx.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!math.fu-berlin.de!zib-berlin.de!easix!jester!michael From: michael@jester.GUN.de (Michael Gerhards) Subject: Re: FreeBSD Unix References: <ABRwVLkWV1@civt.kazan.su> Organization: private FreeBSD system - member of the IN e.V. Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 14:25:10 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Message-ID: <Cuzs2I.5y0@jester.GUN.de> Lines: 16 In article <ABRwVLkWV1@civt.kazan.su> , Adel A. Abushaev wrote: > In the 486DX2 50 MHz computer with Trident 512K Video Graphic Array > Adapter, I have the visible cursor only in first line of the screen > in text mode (on console), but if i use another videoadapter (for > example HUALONG SVGA 256) cursor is always visible. Why ? Is this a > special feature of Trident SVGA or it is a bug in FreeBSD screen device > initializing ? This seems to be a problem with the Trident chipset, because I never had it with other cards. Try to undefine "FAT_CURSOR" and build a new kernel. The define is in your config-file _and_ somewhere in the source-tree. This worked for me . Michael -- michael@jester.GUN.de # Michael Gerhards , Preussenstrasse 59 , D 41464 Neuss