Re: those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

2001-01-20 Thread Angel
> > (I don´t have the thread, and no access to the archives right now, so > forgive me if I repeat something. Just trying to be helpful...) > > >> 1) you 'cat' a file you shouldn't in the console mode. before you know > >> it everything on the commandline becomes an unreadable mess of ascii > >>

Re: those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

2001-01-20 Thread Robert Waldner
(I don´t have the thread, and no access to the archives right now, so forgive me if I repeat something. Just trying to be helpful...) >> 1) you 'cat' a file you shouldn't in the console mode. before you know >> it everything on the commandline becomes an unreadable mess of ascii >> characters yo

Re: those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

2001-01-19 Thread John Galt
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, CND OConnor wrote: >Hi, > >I've used linux quite a while now, but every so often I do something to >my system I can't fix that I know will go away if I reboot. I'm lazy, I >guess, so I do. I can always make some tea. Its very silly though I'm >sure I needn't, so can someone su

Re: those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

2001-01-19 Thread William T Wilson
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, CND OConnor wrote: > 1) you 'cat' a file you shouldn't in the console mode. before you know > it everything on the commandline becomes an unreadable mess of ascii > characters you didn't know you had. 'reset' will cure this. That's the command 'reset', not reset the system :

Re: those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

2001-01-19 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 04:13:44PM +, CND OConnor wrote: > Hi, > > I've used linux quite a while now, but every so often I do something to > my system I can't fix that I know will go away if I reboot. I'm lazy, I > guess, so I do. I can always make some tea. I find it hard to be sympathetic

Re: those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

2001-01-19 Thread Erik Steffl
CND OConnor wrote: > > Hi, > > I've used linux quite a while now, but every so often I do something to > my system I can't fix that I know will go away if I reboot. I'm lazy, I > guess, so I do. I can always make some tea. Its very silly though I'm > sure I needn't, so can someone suggest what to

Re: those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

2001-01-19 Thread Casey Webster
more /bin/more then keep paging till the text clears up and quit works well also I used to have a prog that just output the magical char that fixes the console, but i cant find it and dont remember the character. -Casey On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > Nicole Zimmerman wrote:

Re: those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

2001-01-19 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Nicole Zimmerman wrote: > > > 1) you 'cat' a file you shouldn't in the console mode. before you know > > it everything on the commandline becomes an unreadable mess of ascii > > characters you didn't know you had. > > try `reset` perhaps. You might not see the characters in correct ascii, > but

Re: those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

2001-01-19 Thread Jon Forsberg
On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 04:13:44PM +, CND OConnor wrote: > Hi, > > I've used linux quite a while now, but every so often I do something to > my system I can't fix that I know will go away if I reboot. I'm lazy, I > guess, so I do. I can always make some tea. Its very silly though I'm > sure I

Re: those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

2001-01-19 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
> 1) you 'cat' a file you shouldn't in the console mode. before you know > it everything on the commandline becomes an unreadable mess of ascii > characters you didn't know you had. try `reset` perhaps. You might not see the characters in correct ascii, but it should work. Maybe ctrl+l would work

Re: those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

2001-01-19 Thread Andrew Perrin
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, CND OConnor wrote: > Hi, > > I've used linux quite a while now, but every so often I do something to > my system I can't fix that I know will go away if I reboot. I'm lazy, I > guess, so I do. I can always make some tea. Its very silly though I'm > sure I needn't, so can some

those problems where the easiest thing to do seems to be to reboot...

2001-01-19 Thread CND OConnor
Hi, I've used linux quite a while now, but every so often I do something to my system I can't fix that I know will go away if I reboot. I'm lazy, I guess, so I do. I can always make some tea. Its very silly though I'm sure I needn't, so can someone suggest what to do when, 1) you 'cat' a file you