Hi Darragh, How about using the ps command to locate the process for that console, then using kill to get rid of it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darragh" <darraghoheiligh@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: Re: a quick linux tip > Hello, > talking of things going wrong, does any one know how to pass the exit > command to another console? it would be a handy thing to know about... > > Darragh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tyler Spivey" <tspivey8 at telus.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 8:16 PM > Subject: a quick linux tip > > > > well, i decided to contribute my .02 to here, here goes: > > on most linux systems, maybe some other unix systems, > > there is a command called reset. > > if your terminal gets messed up (o echoing of commands, etc) > > or wierd things appear (hard to explain, but really odd things instead of > a shell prompt > > for example), you can type reset at a shell prompt. > > that usually fixes the problem if it's a terminal issue. > > i don't know if this hapens on the linux console, but it happens to me on > my serial terminal. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
