From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail05.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net ([159.134.118.21]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17i37Y-0005nk-00 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 21:20:16 -0400 Received: (qmail 99049 messnum 256872 invoked from network[194.125.168.48/ts01-048.drogheda.indigo.ie]); 23 Aug 2002 01:19:48 -0000 Received: from ts01-048.drogheda.indigo.ie (HELO desktop) (194.125.168.48) by mail05.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (qp 99049) with SMTP; 23 Aug 2002 01:19:48 -0000 Message-ID: <003001c24a43$2c1f7ac0$30a87dc2@desktop> From: "Darragh" To: References: <20020822231838.XIJN589.priv-edtnes27.telusplanet.net@a7a42593> Subject: Re: a quick linux tip Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 02:06:13 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hello, talking of things going wrong, does any one know how to pass the exit command to another console? it would be a handy thing to know about... Darragh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Spivey" To: Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 8:16 PM Subject: a quick linux tip > well, i decided to contribute my .02 to here, here goes: > on most linux systems, maybe some other unix systems, > there is a command called reset. > if your terminal gets messed up (o echoing of commands, etc) > or wierd things appear (hard to explain, but really odd things instead of a shell prompt > for example), you can type reset at a shell prompt. > that usually fixes the problem if it's a terminal issue. > i don't know if this hapens on the linux console, but it happens to me on my serial terminal. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >