Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:41:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Leif Neland <leifn@internet.dk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Resetting a vty Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980603004045.22038J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980602175315.10667A-100000@darla.swimsuit.internet.dk>
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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Leif Neland wrote: > Sometimes I by mistake cat a binary file to the console. > > It then goes into an "alternative" charset, so everything afterwards is > unreadable gibberish. > > Sometimes (mostly on *inux) the tabsetting is also screwed up. > A xterm can also be ruined this way. Yuck. I've done this, the way I usually deal with it is to log out and log back in. If the video font is messed up try running vidcontrol VGA_80x25 This can be fun to run when you can't see it :) > Is there a way to _completely_ reset a vty? As mentioned, `reset' is the best, or `tset syscons'. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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