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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: restore console display and vt status
Message-ID: <1991May11.222821.25855@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 11 May 91 22:28:21 GMT
References: <1991Apr14.140430.23712@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> <1991May9.142835.3424@cti-software.nl>
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <1991May9.142835.3424@cti-software.nl> pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) writes:

>It is rather annoying when ones display is stuck in graphics
>mode and/or vt's are left in an insane state. This can also
>happen if VP/ix dies.

> I hate typing 'init 6' blindly.

I've had this happen too - it seems to be related to switching vt's
at just the wrong time (say just as you start or stop a dos session
while the session screen is being switched, or during floppy access).
It's just the console that is locked up, though.  If you have serial
lines or network connections for inbound connections, you can log in
from another terminal and kill the dos proccess, which fixes everything
without a re-boot.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us