I have gotten this too... if you can tyope commands / login etc excpet it looks AFU then try this login on the AFU Terminal then use the command "reset" I have found this fixes it well BTW I put reset in my .bash_logout so that the tty gets reset when I logout (unfortunatly it does it in xterms too with su etc... there should be a better way? relaly I only did it to clear the screen on logout) -Steve On Sun, May 03, 1998 at 01:18:37PM -0600, Lazar Fleysher wrote: > > You also may try Ctrl-v Ctrl-o and hit enter... > > On Sat, 2 May 1998 hospedales@wow.net wrote: > > > Any idea why / how to prevent the text on Virtual Consoles going nuts and being > > replaced with lots of funny garbage characters? > > > > This happens to me occasionally if I accidentally cat an executable file. But > > today it happened when I mounted an msdos floppy, and tried to do 'ls'. When > > this happens the VC it happens on is useless and the characters are only normal > > again when I reboot. Even when I type exit (which appears all corrputed of > > course), the little pengiun logo on the login screen is all corrupted. :(. > > > > Any ideas? I really hate having to reboot my computer, it reminds me of > > windoze! > > > > Thanks! > > Timothy > > > > ---------------------------------- > > E-Mail: hospedales@wow.net > > Date: 02-May-98 > > Time: 22:05:32 > > > > This message was sent by XFMail. > > Powered by GNU/Linux 2.0. > > ---------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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