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Bug 658099 - In active terminal window cursor stops to blink after ten seconds
In active terminal window cursor stops to blink after ten seconds
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: vte
Classification: Core
Component: general
0.28.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: VTE Maintainers
VTE Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-09-02 23:00 UTC by sam_
Modified: 2011-09-03 08:32 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description sam_ 2011-09-02 23:00:44 UTC 
Can be counted by blinks then cursor stops to blink.
Expected.
The cursor doesn't stop to blink in an active terminal window.

Current version.
gnome-terminal:
  Installed: 3.0.1-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 3.0.1-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.1-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

## Cursor doesn't stop to blink with Natty version.
gnome-terminal  2.32.1-0ubuntu3

Bug reported there first.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/838381
Comment 1 Christian Persch 2011-09-03 08:32:42 UTC 
That's normal. The cursor stops to blink after a timeout, in order to save energy.