This problem is not restricted to Debian. My slackware does this too.. My fix: type 'echo ctrl-v esc-c' at a shell prompt. Type carefully as you can't usually read what you are typing!
Rod Rod Troch N2ZVV | Don't mess with TEXAS. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Lonestar - A Linux box http://www.texas.com/ | FTP for Pgp key "Don't ever ask anybody if they are from Texas; if they are, you'll know it. If they aren't, you'll just make 'em feel bad." -Anonymous On Wed, 7 Feb 1996, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > Hi all, > > I've noticed this with Slackware too, so it's probably not > a Debian problem. > > If ever I scroll binary data across a virtual terminal the > character set gets completely stuffed - the only things which > come out all right are CAPS and digits - lower case letters > are replaced with the worst gobbledegook... > > Nothing seems to fix this other than a reboot - and I really don't > like taking the server down for something so arbitrary. > > *Please* tell me this is a known and easily cured problem ;-) > > Thanks, > Mark >
