Try typing this from another virtual console:
stty sane < /dev/tty1
I think the problem was caused when you switched runlevels and the
console shell didn't terminate properly. At least, I've had this happen
when I killed a console from another console.
Fred
Eric Sisler wrote:
>
> A strange thing happened on my 5.2 box when I went from runlevel 3 to 1 and
> later back to 3. The virtual console (tty1) I used to switch runlevels is
> now echoing '^M' to the screen when I hit the enter key, making it
> impossible to login. The other virtual terminals are working fine, but I'm
> wondering what's causing this and if there's a solution. I've tried
> killing the mingetty process for tty1 and commenting tty1 out of
> /etc/inittab, telling init to re-read inittab, uncommenting tty1 and
> re-reading inittab again, all to no avail.
>
> Anyone know what's causing this and if there's a solution or work around?
>
> -Eric
>
> Eric Sisler
> Library Computer Technician
> Westminster Public Library
> Westminster, CO, USA
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