Re: tty5 Displays Gibberish
* Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net> [20010704 23:29]:
-snip funky gibberish on tty5-
> Yea, "cat /dev/urandom" can do that ;)
Cam'ere, so I can kick yer @$$. ;-)
> Hmm, does "reset" work (the command, not the hardware button)? Usually
> works for me when I accidentally cat a compressed file or some such. You
> may not see the characters echoed correctly when you type it, but it
> usually will do the job.
Sh_t, man! I like to find the hardest door jam I can typically get a
hold of and bang my head on it for a long while before I ask someone on
the other side to let me in. But, in this case I should've hollered much
earlier. ;+) 'reset' did the trick! Woop-di-do.
Happy Fourth of July, Eric, and to the good Debian folks out there. Pax.
John
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