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by **Andy Har** » Tue, 12 Jul 1994 04:28:06

Hi,

If I accidentally view a binary file (more, etc) or direct it to the screen,
my display becomes garbaged. That is, all characters are substituted for
high ASCII (line drawing, symbols, etc).

I can't get the display back to normal and end up having to reboot.

Any ideas?

Andy

by **Bart Kin** » Wed, 13 Jul 1994 11:32:41

>Subject: Removing screen char garbage?
>Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 19:28:06 +0000
>Hi,

>If I accidentally view a binary file (more, etc) or direct it to the screen,
>my display becomes garbaged. That is, all characters are substituted for
>high ASCII (line drawing, symbols, etc).

>I can't get the display back to normal and end up having to reboot.

>Any ideas?

>Andy

Type: reset
This program will reset your terminal. (included in slackware)

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Bart Kindt (ZL4FOX/PA2FOX), Dunedin, New Zealand.
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by **Gregory Scott Murr** » Tue, 12 Jul 1994 06:44:57

>Hi,

>If I accidentally view a binary file (more, etc) or direct it to the screen,
>my display becomes garbaged. That is, all characters are substituted for
>high ASCII (line drawing, symbols, etc).

>I can't get the display back to normal and end up having to reboot.

>Any ideas?

Yep, I discovered this today on my newly installed Linux when I
accidently looked at a binary with more as well. Switching to another
VC and logging in, I found a "reset" command using "man -k terminal".
Switching back to the foobarred VC, I typed "reset" and pressed
return, and the terminal was restored. So, check if you have reset
installed. I think I saw a description of how it works in another
post I just read a few minutes ago, so it's probably common to most
(all?) distributions.

Scott

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by **Andy Har** » Thu, 14 Jul 1994 03:06:14

Scott,

Quote:> Yep, I discovered this today on my newly installed Linux when I
> accidently looked at a binary with more as well. Switching to another
> VC and logging in, I found a "reset" command using "man -k terminal".
> Switching back to the foobarred VC, I typed "reset" and pressed
> return, and the terminal was restored. So, check if you have reset
> installed. I think I saw a description of how it works in another
> post I just read a few minutes ago, so it's probably common to most
> (all?) distributions.

> Scott

Thanks! I've also been told that ctrl-v, ctrl-o will work...
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by **Sebastian W. Bun** » Fri, 15 Jul 1994 18:30:06

: >Subject: Removing screen char garbage?
: >Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 19:28:06 +0000

: >Any ideas?
: Type: reset
: This program will reset your terminal. (included in slackware)
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: Bart Kindt (ZL4FOX/PA2FOX), Dunedin, New Zealand.
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That will NOT work (give it a try: cat /usr/bin/grep ;-))

just type echo CTRL-V CTRL-O !!

Sebastian
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by **Andreas Wehl** » Fri, 15 Jul 1994 20:51:59

: Hi,
:
: If I accidentally view a binary file (more, etc) or direct it to the screen,
: my display becomes garbaged. That is, all characters are substituted for
: high ASCII (line drawing, symbols, etc).
:
: I can't get the display back to normal and end up having to reboot.
:
: Any ideas?
:
: Andy

^v^o; ^v^n; these strokes set alternate fonts. good luck.
Andreas.