From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net ([24.71.223.10] helo=pd5mo2so.prod.shaw.ca) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BDand-00085a-00 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:10:53 -0400 Received: from pd2mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr8so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.11]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HW500KI94TTOM@l-daemon> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:10:41 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml6so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.150]) by pd2mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0HW500KO34VNBE70@pd2mr8so.prod.shaw.ca> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:11:47 -0600 (MDT) Received: from really.isa-geek.net (h24-71-178-113.ok.shawcable.net [24.71.178.113]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HW500A3Q4TV9I@l-daemon> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:10:44 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:14:37 -0700 From: David Csercsics In-reply-to: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." , Cheryl Homiak Message-id: <0HW500A3R4TV9I@l-daemon> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: Comments: In-reply-to Cheryl Homiak message dated "Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:43:31 -0500." Cc: Subject: Re: tty in weird character mode X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 03:10:53 -0000 >The tty problem reminded me that I wanted to ask this. I don't know how to >explain this technically, but it usually happens when you've accidentally >put a file through "more' that wasn't really text but didn't give you a >complaint from more, or if you accidentally use less when you should have >used zless. Can't think of other incidents where it happens though there >probably are others. Anyway, even though you can quit the program, what >appears on your console from then on, whether typing or reading, is not >intelligible; i don't know if it's converting to binary or another >character set--I would think maybe binary. Neither logging out (you can >do it but your loggin prompt and command prompt after you've logged in >come out in the same characters) or killing >the tty does any good and while I can use the rest of my system fine, if I >really want that tty back I eventually have to succumb and reboot. Is there >a way around this? I hope I've explained it well enough for somebody to >know what I'm talking about. I suppose I could make it happen and paste >some of the result here but I'd rather not do it. >Thanks. Well have you tried just typing reset at your prompt. That will cause the shell to reset your terminal so that it works correctly.