Re: X exits into unreadable screen

[Brian Stults <bstults@soc.ufl.edu>]

Paul Scott wrote:
> Brian Stults wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the 
> > screen that comes up is unreadable.  It is a black screen with lots of 
> > vertical white lines of varying width.  When I type, it just produces 
> > more verticle white lines where the text should be.
> >
> > Any suggestions?  Thanks.
>
>
> Type reset and press Enter (ignore what it looks like) or use:
>
> echo -e \\033c
>
> There is more at:
>
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-4.html

I tried that, but it doesn't change anything.

Thanks,
Brian

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