Re: [SLUG] re init my console

From: Ronald KA4INM Youvan (ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sun Mar 31 2002 - 23:43:51 EST


Mikes work account wrote:

> My console is doing funky things like just intermittent flashing. I need to
> kill the console and restart it but don't know how!!! I cannot reboot the
> system without disrupting 50+ people.

> Can I get some help here. I am running RedHat 7.1

   In Slackware 8.0, I enter: echo -e \\033c

   If this helps, put it in a script file & name it something
you can remember. (I use `helpme')

   Going into then out of any of several programs (like mc)
might do it also. (anything that changes the screen mode
should reset it when it is ended)

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