Hi, I noticed some things about the console cursor behaviour that looked weird to me.
- When I boot up the system the cursor looks slow. What I
mean is that when I use the directional keys (<-, ->,
...) the speed at which the cursor change position looks
slow.
But after the first time I start the X server, once I go
back to the console, the cursor seems to get a lot
faster.
Is there any way to make it go fast since the beginning?
- If I open a program such as alsamixer or mutt, I switch
to the X server and I go back to the console, then the
cursor disappears from the other terminals (the ones I
use, for example, for bash or vim) and reappears once
again after I quit that program.
I don't know if it's relevant but I usually run these
kind of programs inside of `screen'.
- On my iBook, if I have the caps lock turned on and I
accidentally switch to the X server, then capitalization
get messed up. (Who said "capitalism" works for all? :D)
What I mean is that in the X server, even if the caps
lock was turned on while in console, keys aren't
capitalized and if I turn the caps lock off while in the
X server, they aren't capitalized in console no more.
In order to try to change the situation back I usually
switch to the console and back over and over again
pressing the caps lock key randomly.
Is there a way to prevent the capitalization to get
messed up?
- If I boot up the system with a 2.6.9 Linux kernel, the
console seems to run at 16 colors and the characters I
pass on with the gpm mouse cursor disappear instead of
getting hilighted.
Is there a way to configure the kernel in such a way
that those characters don't disappear?
Thanks in advance.
Best regards.
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