Re: console [miss-]feature

Mike (mike@oakley.keble.ox.ac.uk)
Sat, 5 Sep 1998 15:39:00 +0100 (GMT)


On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Pavel Machek wrote:

> Hi!
>
> There's console feature called store (ESC[8]). Well, it is really
> usefull (for example if you want your machine to be green because
> monitor has problems with convergence). However, after that, even
> console reset does not set values back. Try this on your favourite
> publicly-accessible linux and enjoy.
>
> echo -e '\33[30m\33[8]'; logout
>
Confirmed in 2.1.103.

> Cure is (of course) simple: log in and type echo -e '\33[32m', for
> example. But I doubt you'll figure this out when you see black screen.

This doesn't seem to work in 2.1.103. I haven't yet managed to get my
console back...

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Mike <rickettm@ox.compsoc.net>

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