Re: Console showing control characters for input on console keyboard

[Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de>]

* francis picabia <fpicabia@gmail.com> [2013-03-20 14:49 -0300]:

> After some random keys were hit on a KVM, the console
> is showing control characters as the input.  We switched
> KVM console and the PS/2 KVM adapter, but the problem
> sticks with the system/OS.  Killing all getty to allow them to respawn
> has not helped.
> 
> ssh logins are fine.  Only the console input is effected.
> It is showing ^R^O^O^T when 'root' is input (like a caps lock
> for control).
> 
> Many years ago I saw systems which would switch to all
> upper case if the login input was given in upper case.
> This problem is similar.
> 
> Is there something which can be entered on the keyboard
> to reset this or some process restarted?  Obviously I'm
> trying to avoid the disruption of a reboot on a server.

# man 1 tset
# reset

Elimar
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