Re: X kills console

Ookhoi (ookhoi@dds.nl)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 15:36:42 +0200


Hi Wakko Warner,

> When I have to kill -9 X, is there anyway (w/o rebooting, the box has been
> up for 73 days on 2.2.10 SMP) to get the console back the way it was after
> the machine boots? I've upgraded the kernel to 2.2.13 but don't see a need
> to reboot (the console isn't that big of a deal, but would like to fix it).
>
> I'm sure someone else has been in this situation where the console is
> completely messed up and would like to have it back w/o booting.

reset
or
stty sane
or
<ctrl>-v <esc> c

will do? It does for me most of the times. HTH!

Ookhoi

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