When I start the OS for the first time, the cursor is not visible, either at the command line or in the nano editor. I'm running the HDMI output through a HDMI->VGA adapter, which is then fed into my KVM along with the mouse and keyboard. The monitor is capable of 1920x1200, and it all works fine except for the cursor not being visible.

 

I've tried various escape codes, etc. Nano never displays a cursor.

 

When I log in via SSH the cursor is plainly visible.

 

I'm trying to configure the WiFi, which doesn't seem to want to work if the ethernet is connected, so I'm stuck at the tty terminal.

 

Any suggestions?

Have you tried taking the KVM out of the mix and plug directly into the C2?

Argh, actually I think I'm seeing the same thing.  I'm on Jessie non-GUI 5.14 legacy build on a new Odroid C2 and I'm getting no visible cursor, even after fiddling with it in setterm.  I did a google search and it looks like there might be some problem with sync to the refresh rate of the monitor so it can time the blink.  So I have a guess based on googling, but no idea on a solution.  I hope someone else who has fixed this already might be able to chime in.