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ady

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I have a dumb terminal on a Sun Enteprise 3000, I cat'd a file and screwed the Wyse terminal which is now display garbage, line feed characters etc. How do i get it back as I know a on/off will send a ctrl break and kill the system I can't do this and I can't easily down the box. Can I just use the reset option in the Wyse setup or will this also send a break and send it into prom.<br>
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Ady
 
Hmmm, tricky. If it's still screwed, start by checking the settings on the Wyse are all correct. Not got one to hand, but I think the &quot;Display&quot; section is a good place to start. Also look around for the &quot;Controls&quot; or &quot;Control Codes&quot; option, and make sure this is set to &quot;Interpret&quot;, and not &quot;Display&quot;.<br>
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Once you've done this, try logging in as &quot;root&quot;. You may see garbage displayed as you type, but if the layout looks OK, then you're nearly there... Type &quot;tput sgr0&quot; and hit &lt;Return&gt;. Then enter &quot;tput rmacs&quot; and hit &lt;Return&gt;. Hopefully, the screen should now look OK...<br>
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As a final move, if the above doesn't work, log in elsewhere and type &quot;tput -Twyse50 &gt;/dev/console&quot;.<br>
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If none of the above work, I'd be tempted to do a reboot when possible.<br>
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Good luck :)
 
The other thing you can try when terminals play up like that is to type in stty sane. <p>Dave Hamilton<br><a href=mailto:dhamilton@gio.com.au>dhamilton@gio.com.au</a><br><a href= > </a><br>
 
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