When running kvm_stat in interactive mode, the cursor appears at the lower left corner, which looks a bit distracting. This patch hides the cursor by turning it invisible. Signed-off-by: Stefan Raspl <raspl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-By: Sascha Silbe <silbe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Marc Hartmayer <mhartmay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat index 581278c..8cc83a30 100755 --- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat +++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat @@ -812,6 +812,13 @@ class Tui(object): except: pass + # Hide cursor in extra statement as some monochrome terminals + # might support hiding but not colors. + try: + curses.curs_set(0) + except curses.error: + pass + curses.use_default_colors() return self -- 2.8.4