You also may try Ctrl-v Ctrl-o and hit enter... On Sat, 2 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Any idea why / how to prevent the text on Virtual Consoles going nuts and > being > replaced with lots of funny garbage characters? > > This happens to me occasionally if I accidentally cat an executable file. But > today it happened when I mounted an msdos floppy, and tried to do 'ls'. When > this happens the VC it happens on is useless and the characters are only > normal > again when I reboot. Even when I type exit (which appears all corrputed of > course), the little pengiun logo on the login screen is all corrupted. :(. > > Any ideas? I really hate having to reboot my computer, it reminds me of > windoze! > > Thanks! > Timothy > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 02-May-98 > Time: 22:05:32 > > This message was sent by XFMail. > Powered by GNU/Linux 2.0. > ---------------------------------- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]