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resetting console in text mode
ok, here's a question I've always had and never got round to finding out
the answer to.
Sometimes, and only very rarely, my console will lock up. Either I'll
"be" in text mode, but the screen will just have some graphic junk on it
even though I can type stuff and see reactions to what I type [in the
shell], or the keyboard won't work either.
In these cases, I can still telnet in from my other machine. So my
question is, how can I [through telnet] reset the console (the reset
command doesnt do much) so I can once again use the machine?
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