How to stop cursor from blinking How do I make the cursor stop `blinking` when in a **TTY**? (or anywhere else). **BONUS Points** for one universal setting that stops the cursor blinking almost everywhere.--prophetes.ai

How to stop cursor from blinking How do I make the cursor stop `blinking` when in a TTY? (or anywhere else). BONUS Points for one universal setting that stops the cursor blinking almost everywhere.

This gives you a solid yellow block (nonblinking) as a cursor:

echo -n -e '\e?17;14;224c'

For more info check these references: [Linuxgazette and EmacsWiki as well as the file `/usr/src/linux/Documentation/VGA-softcursor.txt` (if present on your system)