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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 22:22:34 +0100 (CET)
From: Ingo Buescher <gallatin@cryogen.com>
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To: David Wood <dwood@templar.com>
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Subject: Re: PROBLEM: virtual console corruption (2.4.1/p4/radeon/XFree86
 4.0.2)
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, David Wood wrote:

> Everything actually works rather well, with the exception that when I've
> started XFree86 a few times, coupled with switching virtual consoles, I
> get irretrievably "corrupted" text virtual consoles. The screen becomes
> garbled, sometimes quite colorful, cursor goes to the wrong place, text
> appears in odd locations or is not visible at all. Interestingly, the
> scrollback buffer allows me to scroll through the garble perfectly.
>
> The problem can only be fixed by rebooting.
>

You don't need to reboot. Just try:
echo  CTRL-V ESC-C RETURN

This should reset your console.

IB
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