on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 01:53:50PM +0200, Shaul Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I just finished playing xmame in full screen mode, and coming out of > > full screen mode messed something up. X died, and gdm was respawned. > > > > However, interestingly, the virtual consoles 1-6 are now screwed; if I > > switch to them I see a mess of mostly green and black in graphics > > mode. Everything still works; I can log in and out there, but I can't > > see anything useful. > > > > What's gone wrong here, and how can I reset them without rebooting? > > > > > I do not know what gone wrong. > > As for having a vt reset without rebooting, try issuing a reset command > (reset) after logging in. Ignore the fact that you might not see this > command while you keying it in.
A pipe (redirect) as root should also work. If you can run a terminal
under X:
$ reset > /dev/tty<number>
Or:
for term in 1 2 4 5 6
do
reset > /dev/tty${term}
done
Not sure that will restore your settings. I suspect it's a borked video
card, I generally find a system restart is necessary in similar cases.
Peace.
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