try typing reset and hitting enter.. or ctrl-d might log it out and reset it ..
or if still a shell.. do echo ^v<ESC>c thats Control-V then Escape key then c.. Dave. On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, David wrote: > > I have a Debian woody box run in console mode only. While I was logged > into another woody box, I did: > > #cat mystery.file > > The mystery file turned out to be a word .doc > > Subsequently, my prompt and anything going to the screen has turned into > gibberish. Even after logging out of the other box I'm still getting > gibberish at the prompt, and can't get rid of the gibberish on that > console, although the others all work fine. I was going to cut and paste > it here, but instead of what i actually see on the screen, I get the > mangled console message reproduced below. Is there any way to restart that > console and get it back? Does anyone know what might have happened? > > Thanks.. > > David. > > > > fast l > g > n: > av > > Passw > : > Last l > g > n: F > Jun 25 10:31:53 2004 > n tty3 > L > nux fast 2.2.20- > #1 Sat A > 20 12:45:19 EST 2002 > 686 unkn > wn > > M > st > f th > > g > ams > n > lu > w > th th > D > an GNU/L > nux syst > m a > > f > ly > st > uta > l > ; th > > xa > t > st > ut > n t > ms f > > a > h > g > am > a > > s > > n th > > n > v > ual f > l > s > n /us > /sha > / > /*/ > y > ght > > D > an GNU/L > nux > m > s w > th ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, t > th > > xt > nt > > m > tt > > y a > l > a > l > law. > Y > u hav > n > w ma > l. > > av > @fast:~$ > -- David Airlie, Software Engineer http://www.skynet.ie/~airlied / airlied at skynet.ie pam_smb / Linux DECstation / Linux VAX / ILUG person -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
