On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, David Wood wrote:
> Everything actually works rather well, with the exception that when I've
> started XFree86 a few times, coupled with switching virtual consoles, I
> get irretrievably "corrupted" text virtual consoles. The screen becomes
> garbled, sometimes quite colorful, cursor goes to the wrong place, text
> appears in odd locations or is not visible at all. Interestingly, the
> scrollback buffer allows me to scroll through the garble perfectly.
>
> The problem can only be fixed by rebooting.
>
You don't need to reboot. Just try:
echo CTRL-V ESC-C RETURN
This should reset your console.
IB
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