How to stop the cursor of emacs blinking in console?

[loader]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 10:03:53PM +1100, Gautam Gopalakrishnan wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:44:39 -0800
> loader <loader at www.kuaitech.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 09:03:27AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > > loader <loader at www.kuaitech.com> writes:
> > > 
> > > > I use FreeBSD5.2.1-RC2, and emacs21. How can I stop the cursor
> > > > blinking in console?
> > > 
> > > I thought the default was that it didn't do that on the console...
> > > 
> > > Check out the blink-* variables; 
> > > I think that a .emacs setting of 
> > > (blink-cursor-mode nil) 
> > > should ensure the disabling of the blinking cursor.
> > 
> > Thank you for your reply. blink-cursor-mode doesn't work in FreeBSD
> > console, it only work in X, because emacs draws the cursor in X
> > itself. I don't know why it blinks in console.
> 
> I don't know if this will help.
> 
> /etc/rc.conf:
> cursor="blink"      # cursor type {normal|blink|destructive} (or NO).
> 
> Then
> /etc/rc.d/syscons restart
> 
Sorry, it doesn't work, but thank you all the same.

    -Loader