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Re: resetting console in text mode



On Mon, 24 May 1999 00:49:28 +0300 (EET DST), guy keren <choo@actcom.co.il>
wrote:

>
>On 23 May 1999, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
>
>> For the "real geeks" (I never tried it, I guessI am not enough of a
>> real geek :) - any character can be typed at a console by holding the
>> left Alt key and typing its ascii code as a 3-digit zero padded
>> decimal number on the keypad. You can, in principal, log in and give
>> one of the commands above directly on the hosed console. ;-)
>
>actually, when you have the screen showing those strange graphics (which
>is usually an alternate font), just type the following:
>
>Ctrl-U (to clear out whatever input you typed before).
>echo "ESC-c"
>
>and hit enter.

Actually, I have a more "interesting" method (hope you like it!):

When my console gets garbled (if I incorrectly "cat" a binary file), I simply
type (blindly):

% cat /boot/*

and then press ^C at random points. If It didn't help, I press the "up-arrow"
and "enter" and try again ;-)

since /boot has many long binary files (mostly the kernel), if I let it run
long enough, the correct escape sequence to reset the console will appear.

I never bothered finding out what really is the reset sequence!

Udi