Yup; it affects all vc's, just as you say. It looks like I need to reset the video card to another mode; the question is how. <s> My current approach is to nuke the partitions and start over. <g>
Hank Using VFP: MS's OOP Production Tool http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fayhj -----Original Message----- From: David Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 14, 1998 10:39 AM To: Hank Fay Cc: Mike Schmitz; debian-user Subject: RE: Nuking damned scrambled consoles. On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Hank Fay wrote: > Well.... nothing seems to get rid of the little critters except shutdown. I > had to switch to another VC this time, because something unknown was going > on in the first one. It seems to be getting stuck in a different video > mode. Well you could also try typing setfont default8x16 This is the only thing that would sort out an old Avance card that I have when i exitted from X to a VC. But I'm not optimistic, as my problem affected *all* VCs. Rather than rebooting, have you tried just killing the relevant VC from another one? Cheers, > > well, it helped jumble up the funny critters. <s> The only thing that > > works so far is shutdown.... > > > > > > Every now and then I do a little goof-up that scrambles a virtual > > > console and I'm sure we all do sometimes but lately I've been doing a > > > little programming and if I accidentally gib a string argument then it > > > corrupts the console every single time so I quickly run out of all 6 > > > consoles and am forced to reboot. > > > > > The way that I get ride of a scrambled console. > > 1. Try typing "reset" > > 2. Try typing "clear" > > 3. Try running "top" This always seems to work. don't know why but it > > does. > > > Try <CTRL>v<CTRL>o<ENTER> -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
