Re: screwed console [help, please]

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Anton Piatek wrote:
> > Mauro Condarelli wrote:
> >
> > > Kent West wrote:
> > >
> > > > > > > > Mauro Condarelli wrote:
> > > > > > > >        
> > > > > > > > > Question is:
> > > > > > > > > How can I reset /dev/tty1 from another virtual console (other
> > > > > > > > > consoles work ok).           
> > > > How about killing the getty process on tty1? It should restart
> > > > automagically I believe.
> > > >  
> > > No way.
> > > It restarts, but the console remains in the weird state.
> > > Is it possible none has an answer to this?
> > >
> > > Thanks, anyway!
> > > ZioNemo
> > Sounds like something more serious than just he console out of its
> > normal state.
> >
> > Check /etc/inittab and check that it looks alright. If killing the tty1
> > process does not fix it, i doubt a reboot will...
> >
> > Anton
>
>
> Bet that a reboot will. Hate to say it.
> I've enough disappearing cursors, disappearing paste/copy from gpm to 
> prove it.
>
> None of those are fixed the Debian way.

Case in point:

Just lost the cursor on vt1. After killing a GUI that would not exit.

Nothing gets it back. echo -e '\033[?86c'  does not.
Running console-screen.sh again does not.
Other vt's still have the cursor.

H