Don't think a "reset" will do it, as that just manipulates the terminal behaviours... I'll give it a shot anyways in a minute though.
As for the ``shutdown -r now'', I know that I can reboot the system and be fine, I just want to fix this without doing that, as I stated in the last sentence of my previous message. I have X running on the console (login to another box, ssh over to the borken one, screen, startx, detatch) - I just can't get the text vtys back to normal. Tried running a SVGALib program. No dice. The only thing that works is X. On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 02:38:38PM -0400, TheKman wrote: > Did you try typing reset. Or just typing shutdown -r now. Even if you > can't see it a lot of the times the computers sees what you are typing. > > Ian Eure wrote: > > > > Ok. Interesting thing happened. Accidentally killed my X server remotely > > with > > -9. Oops. I come back down to the console and it's all FUBARd. OK. So I try > > a couple things ssh'ing from another box, like SVGATextMode & such. No dice. > > I can get X running, but my text console is dead. Anyone have any > > suggestions > > on how to get it back without a reboot? > > > -- ______________________________________________________________ | ian eure, network admin, freelance security consultant, and | | manically depressed paranoid schizophrenic, at your service. | ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://minion.org ; : raw speed = 105.6 wpm with 4.5% errors : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .