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I'm not sure how many people actually care about this issue, however, I
find it to be very interesting and I am going to share this with anyone
who wants it... I've found a way to customize the cursor that Linux uses,
and to create a software cursor type setup. The detailed documentation on
this issue is in the 2.2.x kernel source, located at:
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/VGA-softcursor.txt
If the 2.2.x kernel source is properly installed. By using a simple echo
command (or appending the output of the echo command to /etc/issue) You
can change the cursor for the terminal that you are using. I now have a
white block cursor on my terminal, that doesn't blink. I like that
because I don't have to look for a small blinking underline character
;)... besides, the cursor isn't quite so annoying. The command:
$ echo -e '\033[?17;0;120c'
Will do this for you. If you would like to have this type of cursor all
the time on your VT, then you can do this (as root):
# echo -e '\033[?17;0;120c' >> /etc/issue
Then after the /etc/issue is printed to the VT, the cursor will be set to
the block character. It is possible to make the block different colors
and so on; look at the documentation that I mentioned above for details
:-).
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Michael B. Trausch
President of Linux Operations, ADK Computers http://adk.hypermart.net/
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PGP Public Key is available at hkp:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or at:
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Customer: I'm running Windows '98 Tech: Yes. Customer: My computer isn't
working now. Tech: Yes, you said that.
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