From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G2VI7-0000jb-JL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:45:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6HFhssr018533; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:43:54 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6HFZ7hj017701 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:35:07 GMT Received: from [192.168.2.158] (xray.science.oregonstate.edu [128.193.220.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB3FA64796 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:35:05 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <44BBAE29.1050506@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:35:05 -0700 From: Donnie Berkholz User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Testing Xorg breaks terminal References: <20060717151826.53281.qmail@web31808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060717151826.53281.qmail@web31808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig6A7BE6107912B81BA7DB83B3" X-Archives-Salt: d93320f0-db6b-4029-aa99-55459731c6ac X-Archives-Hash: bcc6a266c9162d6c896f37e5d402dc6e This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig6A7BE6107912B81BA7DB83B3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Richard Broersma Jr wrote: > I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this problem. >=20 > I am testing various settings in the xorg.conf file. Some settings cha= nge the performance of X, > others break X all together. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Is there a way to fix corrupted command line terminals once corrupted o= ther 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 --------------enig6A7BE6107912B81BA7DB83B3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEu64rXVaO67S1rtsRAo4OAJoCX6t6r+51vybPLiVhzJMtdo0MiACZAZi1 K6wMYw5KEjNU40ZnVgp3deg= =I5Ie -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig6A7BE6107912B81BA7DB83B3-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list