Re: [gentoo-user] Testing Xorg breaks terminal

[Donnie Berkholz]

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