From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Remove the cursor timer (cursor flashing) on the following conditions: - if vc is in KD_GRAPHICS mode, ie, when X owns the console - if vc is blanked This misbehavior was exposed by Dave Jones. Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 17 +++++++++++------ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/video/console/fbcon.c~fbcon-remove-cursor-timer-if-unused drivers/video/console/fbcon.c --- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c~fbcon-remove-cursor-timer-if-unused +++ a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c @@ -396,9 +396,8 @@ static void fb_flashcursor(void *private vc = vc_cons[ops->currcon].d; if (!vc || !CON_IS_VISIBLE(vc) || - fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info) || registered_fb[con2fb_map[vc->vc_num]] != info || - vc_cons[ops->currcon].d->vc_deccm != 1) { + vc->vc_deccm != 1) { release_console_sem(); return; } @@ -2166,7 +2165,12 @@ static int fbcon_switch(struct vc_data * fbcon_del_cursor_timer(old_info); } - fbcon_add_cursor_timer(info); + if (fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info) || + ops->blank_state != FB_BLANK_UNBLANK) + fbcon_del_cursor_timer(info); + else + fbcon_add_cursor_timer(info); + set_blitting_type(vc, info); ops->cursor_reset = 1; @@ -2276,10 +2280,11 @@ static int fbcon_blank(struct vc_data *v update_screen(vc); } - if (!blank) - fbcon_add_cursor_timer(info); - else + if (fbcon_is_inactive(vc, info) || + ops->blank_state != FB_BLANK_UNBLANK) fbcon_del_cursor_timer(info); + else + fbcon_add_cursor_timer(info); return 0; } _