Hi all!

I've got a weired problem.  When I press a<TAB> on a bash prompt, bash
lists all the files starting with a.  But the output is not nice and
orderly in 2 or maybe 3 columns, but instead it looks like this:
(attention: VERY long lines!)

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                                                  aasavefont               allneeded   
             askrunlevel
                                                                                 
aatest                   amd
                                                                                  at
                                                                                     
ab                       amd2ldif                 atd
                                                                                       
                                                      abiword
                                                                                       
                                                       amd2sun                  
atktopbm
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
  ac                       am-eject
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
      atobm
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
               access                   amq                      atq
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                             accton
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                    
amstex                   atrm
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                 aclocal                  anacron
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                       atrun
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                  actived                  animate     
             au2h
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                            actmerge
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                      another_clock_applet     audiocompose
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                     
actsync                  anytopnm                 audiofile-config
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                               actsyncd                 apachectl
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                  audiosend
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                              addftinfo                apm             
         aumix
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                          addr
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                      apmd                     autoconf
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                   
addr2line                apmsleep
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
           autoexpect
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                    address-conduit-capplet  appletviewer             
autoheader
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                         addresses                appres               
    automake
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                 addtosmbpass
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                         apropos                  automount
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                   adduser             
     apxs
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                               
automount2amd
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                 adduserdrake             ar                       autopasswd
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                      addxface                 arch                     autoreconf
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
adjtimex
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
          archive                  autoscan
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                     adnshost                 ark
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                  autoupdate
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
  adnslogres               arp                      autovbox
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
   adnsresfilter            as                       avmcapictrl
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                 adnstest
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                        as86           
          aweset
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                       afmtodit                 asciitopgm
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                               awk
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                          aktion                   ascii-xfr
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                [root 16:10:27 ~]#
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                                                                                       
                a

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What's going on here?  And also when I try to login on the console
prompt right after booting I cannot really type, ie. keys get all
messed up and when I press return I see a ^M, the line advances but the
output stays at the same column.

What in the world did I mess up?  Could it be that this has something
to do with that I installed / hooked up a new monitor?

Alexander Skwar
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