Your newbie tip needs a slight correction: On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:17:00PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > > -- > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #83 from USM Bish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > GOT GIBBERISH? And wondering what to do next, to clear the > mess? enter a blank line (making sure you've cleared > your command-line buffer, since you're seeing gobbledy-gook)
You should press control c to clear the buffer, as you could be for example logged in as root and typed in rm -r * from the root directory, and you wouldn't be able to see it because of the gibberish. > and then enter > reset > which is a symlink to /usr/bin/tset which is a portion of > "ncurses-bin" package. ("apt-get install ncurses-bin") > Also see "man tset" for more info. > > Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >