Richard Broersma Jr wrote: > I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this problem. > > I am testing various settings in the xorg.conf file. Some settings change the performance of X, > others break X all together. > > Some setting not only break X but also corrupt all of the command line terminals. The only way I > am able to restore the terminals is by rebooting the computer. > > Is there a way to fix corrupted command line terminals once corrupted other than rebooting. You could try 'reset' but that will usually just fix up corruption from e.g. catting a binary file. Once the framebuffer's corrupted, it's tough to fix. You could try fixing the X settings to ones known to work and restarting X, that may fix whatever was screwed up. Thanks, Donnie