06-28-2016, 07:36 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-28-2016, 08:01 AM by MarkHaysHarris777.)
(06-28-2016, 06:55 AM)xalius Wrote: The cursor is not there because ARM SoC usually dont have hardware character generators to draw a cursor. Some fb drivers have a sofrware cursors option but those usually have issues like drawing artifacts or lag since the synchronization is difficult....
hi xalius, yeah I was thinking about software cursor options for work-around... wondering if they can be configured in the terminal or in a program like screen. I did try screen this morning, and no go. I'm going to have to go back and try my one of my PIs again, but I think their SoC has no problem with the cursor, or, they invented a software version-- I'll get back to you.
thanks
I have asked on the Raspberry PI forum whether the SoC provides their fbcon cursor , or whether it is a kernel soft compile option , like the CONFIG_FB_SOFT_CURSOR=y option for the PineA64 kernel.
One way or the other we need to get the cursor in the fbcon (F1 - F6) or there will be unhappy campers in the PineA64 gnu+linux community; there are just too many people that use them !
@xalius, What are the synchronization problems you were speaking about ?
thanks
marcus