Re: Console text scrambled (in a different way :)

2001-03-01 Thread Gavin Hamill
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Gavin Hamill wrote: > Thanks for that :) 'reset' - feck, if I'd known it would be that simple... > > Right, will try that next time said thing happens! Thankyou! It worked! Much appreciated! gdh

Re: Console text scrambled (in a different way :)

2001-03-01 Thread Gavin Hamill
Thanks for that :) 'reset' - feck, if I'd known it would be that simple... Right, will try that next time said thing happens! Thankyou! gdh

Re: Console text scrambled (in a different way :)

2001-02-28 Thread Bram Dumolin
re, Hall Stevenson([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 01:32:20PM -0500: > > If I display a file which contains binary data, often there will > > be a sequence of characters which the console interprets > > to 'switch character sets' and then any lower case characters > > become little boxes,

Re: Console Text Scrambled

2001-02-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Alberto Brealey G. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010228 18:56]: > > I'm using a Matrox G400 and using framebuffers specifically for it. I've > > also tried different variations of the console fonts that are available. > > are you by any chance running the driver from matrox? (mga.o, downloaded > from the

Re: Console Text Scrambled

2001-02-28 Thread Alberto Brealey G.
On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 12:54:28PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > do you by any chance upgrade to Xfree 4.x and are running > > framebuffers compiled into the kernel ? > > I do, why ?? I ask because I *cannot* use any consoles if X is running. > When I switch to it, it looks file, but as soon a

Re: Console text scrambled (in a different way :)

2001-02-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
> If I display a file which contains binary data, often there will > be a sequence of characters which the console interprets > to 'switch character sets' and then any lower case characters > become little boxes, or patches of fuzz, yet numbers and > upper case characters are unaffected. > > I know

Re: Console text scrambled (in a different way :)

2001-02-28 Thread David Wright
Quoting Gavin Hamill ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > If I display a file which contains binary data, often there will be a > sequence of characters which the console interprets to 'switch character > sets' and then any lower case characters become little boxes, or patches > of fuzz, yet numbers and upper c

Re: Console text scrambled (in a different way :)

2001-02-28 Thread Bud Rogers
On Wednesday 28 February 2001 12:09, Gavin Hamill wrote: > If I display a file which contains binary data, often there will be a > sequence of characters which the console interprets to 'switch > character sets' and then any lower case characters become little > boxes, or patches of fuzz, yet numb

Re: Console Text Scrambled

2001-02-28 Thread Hall Stevenson
> do you by any chance upgrade to Xfree 4.x and are running > framebuffers compiled into the kernel ? I do, why ?? I ask because I *cannot* use any consoles if X is running. When I switch to it, it looks file, but as soon as I type something, my text changes to something that looks worse than the

Re: Console Text Scrambled

2001-02-28 Thread David Wright
Quoting Tyler Braun ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > This morning after shutting down X everything on my console was scrambled. I > can > still type commands and can somewhat distinguish that characters are appearing > on the screen, but nothing's readable. I can also start X back up without any > problems.

RE: Console Text Scrambled

2001-02-28 Thread Joris Lambrecht
do you by any chance upgrade to Xfree 4.x and are running framebuffers compiled into the kernel ? -Original Message- From: Tyler Braun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:55 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Console Text Scrambled This morning after

RE: Console Text Scrambled

2001-02-28 Thread Joris Lambrecht
you could do the following CTRL-C CTRL-J reset CTRL-J this will, eventually break any running/hangin application (need some luck here) send a return (enter) execute the reset command wich will refresh your terminal session in the same way a log-on would do send a return to execute reset It's t

Re: Console Text Scrambled

2001-02-28 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, perhaps your video card does not like the way X shuts down. Maybe typeing 'reset' blindly will help (in a logged in console). Greetz, Sebastiaan On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Tyler Braun wrote: > This morning after shutting down X everything on my console was scrambled. I > can > still type comman

RE: Console Text Scrambled

2001-02-28 Thread Duda A.
Hi, maybe you try typing: "reset" on your console. Cu Alexander Duda [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Tyler Braun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. Februar 2001 16:55 > An: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Betreff: Console Text Scrambled > > > This

Re: Console Text Scrambled

2001-02-28 Thread Jay Ford
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Tyler Braun wrote: > This morning after shutting down X everything on my console was scrambled. I > can > still type commands and can somewhat distinguish that characters are appearing > on the screen, but nothing's readable. I can also start X back up without any > problems.