On Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 09:02:12PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > > > Typing "reset" doesn't help. the man page for the console says that > > it can be reset by echoing ESC c to it, but either that's not doing > > anything either or I'm not doing that right (I'm blind typing "echo -e > > \\033c", which clears the xterm I'm working in). > > > Ah, and XTERM! Try control-<right-mouse-button> and select full reset. > >
Oops, sorry about the confusion there --- the xterm isn't the problem. My consoles that are in video mode (tty7, and anything begat by startx) are fine. It's the ones that are in text mode (tty[1-6] that are messed up: they show pretty much random assortments of colors (all the same, can't tell which one I'm on unless I know which alt-Fn I pushed to get there). I was typing "echo -e \\033c" in the xterm to make sure that I had the syntax right and it reset properly in there; when I blind type it on my befuddled text consoles, there isn't any change. I think this has something to do with VGA settings and graphics modes, but I know absolutely nothing about either of those things. How do I get back to text? Also interestingly, deallocvt doesn't seem to get rid of my unused consoles like it's supposed to (tty[8-10]). I would imagine these two things are related, as I've never seen either of them before. Please Cc: your replies to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. Rob -- Laundry is the fifth dimension!! ... um ... um ... th' washing machine is a black hole and the pink socks are bus drivers who just fell in!!
