Re: Console Text Scrambled
Quoting Tyler Braun (tyler@chimptrix.chimp.ca):
> This morning after shutting down X everything on my console was scrambled. I can
> still type commands and can somewhat distinguish that characters are appearing
> on the screen, but nothing's readable. I can also start X back up without any
> problems.
>
> Anyone know what might be causing this? And how to fix without a reboot?
>
> My system's running 2.4.2 kernel and Debian unstable.
More useful might be the X server and graphics card that you are
using.
If this is the kind of problem that happens when you use X with an
Avance card (where the upper bits of each character are shifted by one
bit, I remember not which way), then you need
consolechars -d
Because you need it whenever you leave X and enter a VC, I would
recommend you use the Alt-UpArrow binding in /etc/inittab so you
don't need a shell, i.e.
# Action on special keypress (ALT-UpArrow).
kb::kbrequest:/usr/bin/consolechars -d
Cheers,
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