Re: My terminal is in a weird state - SOLVED
Quoting Mark Wright ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Mark Wright wrote: I just managed to completely hose my virtual terminal display. It seems that non-alpha-numeric characters have been replaced with ascii 127 characters. I.e. the '-' becomes the upside down '!'. I've tried 'reset', but that doesn't help. All of my virtual terminals are hosed. For now I can telnet in, but eventually I'd like to be able to work at the machine itself, and I'd like to avoid rebooting if I can. The problem started after I droped out of X, after installing Blackbox 5. Any ideas on how to fix the problem? I figured out the problem - the Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO had the answer - type 'setfont' at the prompt. Now I have to go read it and figure out what I just did... Unfortunately all you did was drop out of X. Ditto when you eventually exit. I have this problem with the Avance ALG2301/2 cards I have. Cures: 1. Run xdm and forget VCs. 2. Type your setfont command and then startx so that you can recall the setfont command whenever you need it. 3. Define a single character alias, like F, to issue the setfont. 4. Learn to read the character mapping (if it's as consistent as mine). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
My terminal is in a weird state
I just managed to completely hose my virtual terminal display. It seems that non-alpha-numeric characters have been replaced with ascii 127 characters. I.e. the '-' becomes the upside down '!'. I've tried 'reset', but that doesn't help. All of my virtual terminals are hosed. For now I can telnet in, but eventually I'd like to be able to work at the machine itself, and I'd like to avoid rebooting if I can. The problem started after I droped out of X, after installing Blackbox 5. Any ideas on how to fix the problem? Mark.
Re: My terminal is in a weird state
Mark Wright wrote: I just managed to completely hose my virtual terminal display. It seems that non-alpha-numeric characters have been replaced with ascii 127 characters. I.e. the '-' becomes the upside down '!'. I've tried 'reset', but that doesn't help. All of my virtual terminals are hosed. For now I can telnet in, but eventually I'd like to be able to work at the machine itself, and I'd like to avoid rebooting if I can. The problem started after I droped out of X, after installing Blackbox 5. Any ideas on how to fix the problem? Try logging in the host from the network and run kbd_mode -a as root. This should fix the case when the keyboard was not properly restored when switching to virtual terminal from the X server. More exactly, when the X server is not controlling the console (X is not on, or you are on a virtual console), kbd_mode without any arguments should report that the keyboard is in the default (ASCII) mode. When you are running X, the keyboard should be in the raw (scancode) mode. This is what you should get when trying kbd_mode from another host. Mark. // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland
Re: My terminal is in a weird state
-Original Message- From: Heikki Vatiainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mark Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 1:27 PM Subject: Re: My terminal is in a weird state Mark Wright wrote: I just managed to completely hose my virtual terminal display. It seems that non-alpha-numeric characters have been replaced with ascii 127 characters. I.e. the '-' becomes the upside down '!'. I've tried 'reset', but that doesn't help. All of my virtual terminals are hosed. For now I can telnet in, but eventually I'd like to be able to work at the machine itself, and I'd like to avoid rebooting if I can. The problem started after I droped out of X, after installing Blackbox 5. Any ideas on how to fix the problem? Try logging in the host from the network and run kbd_mode -a as root. This should fix the case when the keyboard was not properly restored when switching to virtual terminal from the X server. More exactly, when the X server is not controlling the console (X is not on, or you are on a virtual console), kbd_mode without any arguments should report that the keyboard is in the default (ASCII) mode. When you are running X, the keyboard should be in the raw (scancode) mode. This is what you should get when trying kbd_mode from another host. That doesn't seem to be the problem. I don't think it's a keyboard problem, since the character mangling happens with both characters I've typed and those output from other applications. Even spaces are messed up - any blank space on the screen is converted to 'a's with accent marks. Mark.
Re: My terminal is in a weird state
On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 12:25:40PM -0500, Mark Wright wrote: I just managed to completely hose my virtual terminal display. It seems that non-alpha-numeric characters have been replaced with ascii 127 characters. I.e. the '-' becomes the upside down '!'. I've tried 'reset', but that doesn't help. All of my virtual terminals are hosed. For now I can telnet in, but eventually I'd like to be able to work at the machine itself, and I'd like to avoid rebooting if I can. The problem started after I droped out of X, after installing Blackbox 5. Any ideas on how to fix the problem? Try, at a prompt (bash, I assume... not sure if this will work for other prompts) pressing CTRL-V, CTRL-O, ENTER. HTH -Dano pgp3ptIveWf1i.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: My terminal is in a weird state
On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Mark Wright wrote: I just managed to completely hose my virtual terminal display. It seems that non-alpha-numeric characters have been replaced with ascii 127 characters. I.e. the '-' becomes the upside down '!'. I've tried 'reset', but that doesn't help. All of my virtual terminals are hosed. For now I can telnet in, but eventually I'd like to be able to work at the machine itself, and I'd like to avoid rebooting if I can. The problem started after I droped out of X, after installing Blackbox 5. Any ideas on how to fix the problem? There's a few mentioned in the Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO (in /usr/doc/HOWTO with a doc-linux-* package installed). You log into the afflicted virtual terminal and these commands (which you'll probably have to type blindly...) - echo -e \\033c - tput reset - setfont
Re: My terminal is in a weird state - SOLVED
-Original Message- From: Heikki Vatiainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mark Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 1:27 PM Subject: Re: My terminal is in a weird state Mark Wright wrote: I just managed to completely hose my virtual terminal display. It seems that non-alpha-numeric characters have been replaced with ascii 127 characters. I.e. the '-' becomes the upside down '!'. I've tried 'reset', but that doesn't help. All of my virtual terminals are hosed. For now I can telnet in, but eventually I'd like to be able to work at the machine itself, and I'd like to avoid rebooting if I can. The problem started after I droped out of X, after installing Blackbox 5. Any ideas on how to fix the problem? Try logging in the host from the network and run kbd_mode -a as root. This should fix the case when the keyboard was not properly restored when switching to virtual terminal from the X server. I figured out the problem - the Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO had the answer - type 'setfont' at the prompt. Now I have to go read it and figure out what I just did... Mark.
