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Re: ttys1 displaying odd output [SOLVED]



--- Scott Gifford <sgifford@suspectclass.com> wrote:

> joseph lockhart <jwl_andlovesaidno@yahoo.com>
> writes:
> 
> > ok, checked my computer today and found strange
> output
> > on ttys1 which i only use for boot messages, 
> >
> > [A[Dj[2~[G[Cp;vy[Co[D+ut [Dc +[Ci[Dx+ryi[D+
> > ri[D+ri[D+rc[C6[D[1~i+ 6[D[1~9[2+i 6[1~[yejsw
> >
> > [password:
> 
> It's possible some other process opened the TTY and
> wrote garbage to
> it.  You can use lsof to see if any running process
> still has the TTY
> open:
> 
>     lsof /dev/ttyS1
> 
> IIRC, ttyS1 is a serial port.  If that's the case,
> this could also be
> line noise on the serial cable.
> 
> Or, as Chris Howie mentioned, it could be somebody
> banging on the
> keyboard.  In my house at least, that would be the
> most likely
> explanation.  :-)
> 
fair enough, however, i intentionally did NOT show the
kids how to get to the ttyS screens for that very
purpose

anyway i guess that will be it, unless it happens again

jwlockhart

Registered Linux User #458799
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