Re: [SLUG] Mangled console - One of life's mysteries

[Matthew Davidson <mdavids@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The 'reset' command should work.

Matthew.

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.

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