Re: X exits into unreadable screen

[Paul Scott <waterhorse@ultrasw.com>]

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

Paul Scott