From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mtaout.telus.net ([199.185.220.235] helo=priv-edtnes10-hme0.telusplanet.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17i1Wx-0002qZ-00 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 19:38:23 -0400 Received: from a7a42593 ([64.180.205.214]) by priv-edtnes27.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with SMTP id <20020822231838.XIJN589.priv-edtnes27.telusplanet.net@a7a42593> for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2002 17:18:38 -0600 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Tyler Spivey Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 20:16:02 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: a quick linux tip Message-Id: <20020822231838.XIJN589.priv-edtnes27.telusplanet.net@a7a42593> 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 X-Reply-To: Tyler Spivey List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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.