From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.knology.net ([24.214.63.101] helo=smtp5.knology.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BDjkf-00069c-00 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:44:25 -0400 Received: (qmail 7312 invoked by uid 542); 14 Apr 2004 12:22:54 -0000 Received: from kenny@hittsjunk.net by smtp3.knology.net by uid 502 with qmail-scanner-1.20 ( Clear:RC:1(69.1.42.78):. Processed in 2.639716 secs); 14 Apr 2004 12:22:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (69.1.42.78) by smtp5.knology.net with SMTP; 14 Apr 2004 12:22:51 -0000 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BDjPj-00070I-00 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:22:47 -0500 Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:22:47 -0500 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040414122247.GA25434@blackbox> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Kenny Hitt 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 12:44:26 -0000 Hi. Have you tried typing reset when the problem happens? That usually clears it up for me. Hope this helps. Kenny On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 09:43:31PM -0500, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > 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. > > -- > Cheryl > "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup