Virtual Console is garbaged

I ran grep and it ended up reading a binary file. Now my console is gibberish -- control chars, escape sequences, and non-printable chars. I tried kill -HUP on getty, I tried kill on getty -- no dice. Any ideas? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL

Re: Virtual Console is garbaged

hi, logout and login again Paul On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Shaleh wrote: I ran grep and it ended up reading a binary file. Now my console is gibberish -- control chars, escape sequences, and non-printable chars. I tried kill -HUP on getty, I tried kill on getty -- no dice. Any ideas? --

Re: Virtual Console is garbaged

You can try reset, tput reset and echo ^V^O. I have had most success with echo ^V^O I Hope this helps. // Heikki Shaleh wrote: I ran grep and it ended up reading a binary file. Now my console is gibberish -- control chars, escape sequences, and non-printable chars. I tried kill -HUP on

Re: Virtual Console is garbaged

hi, logout and login again Paul That might not be enough to fix it. If it's still hosed, try running 'reset' this is usually enough to clear-up most situations like this. Note: you may have to type it in blind since you won't be able to see the text as you're typing it. Also, I don't

Re: Virtual Console is garbaged

Try the reset command. I believe the best results are when TERM=linux, but I can't be sure. Brandon On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Shaleh wrote: I ran grep and it ended up reading a binary file. Now my console is gibberish -- control chars, escape sequences, and non-printable chars. I tried kill

Re: Virtual Console is garbaged

- - hi, logout and login again - Paul - - On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Shaleh wrote: - - I ran grep and it ended up reading a binary file. Now my console is - gibberish -- control chars, escape sequences, and non-printable chars. - I tried kill -HUP on getty, I tried kill on getty -- no dice.