Subject: Re: bug#74220: invisible cursor

From: jared <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 06:22:38 -0800

It requires both a Linux kernel with GPM support as well as an Emacs build with GPM enabled

I have tested GPM under a VM in the past. I can bring it up and check the state of things.   

   -- MJF

  

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> On Nov 6, 2024 at 6:03 AM, Gerd Möllmann  <[email-masked]>  wrote:
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>  Robert Pluim  <[email-masked]>  writes:
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> >>>>>>  On Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:37:07 +0200, Eli Zaretskii  <[email-masked]>  said:
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> >   >>  From: Avraham Pinkas  <[email-masked]>
> >   >>  Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 22:06:30 +0200
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> >   >>  in a terminal (TTY), while gpm-mouse-mode is enabled, the cursor is invisible.
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> >  Eli>  Does someone (Jared?) have a system with a gpm-mouse build and can
> >  Eli>  reproduce and debug this, please?
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> >  Remind us what this needs? A real linux console, ie not an xterm?
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> Yes, GPM is for linux virtual consoles.
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