Subject: Re: bug#74220: invisible cursor

From: Jared Finder <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 07:38:52 -0800

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

I tested this locally at HEAD (b5845e) on Linux debian 6.1.0-13-amd64 
and everything is working fine.

Could you please describe what terminal (the output of "echo $TERM") and 
kernel version (the output of "uname -a") you are using when you have 
this issue? Can you try toggling M-x gpm-mouse-mode on and off and share 
if any errors are reported?

   -- MJF