From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mxsf11.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.211]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BDaPY-0007RK-00 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:46:00 -0400 Received: from maranatha.charter.net (c68.117.140.70.mad.wi.charter.com [68.117.140.70]) by mxsf11.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i3E2hWaw092416 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:43:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from chomiak (helo=localhost) by maranatha.charter.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BDaN9-0000uR-00 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:43:31 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:43:31 -0500 (CDT) From: Cheryl Homiak To: speakup Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: 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 02:46:01 -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. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."