Hi Nikhil, I managed to cause the same problem on my machine a few days ago. It looks like the terminals are in binary mode. Execute "reset" and see if that switches it back to text. --Sean Kirkpatrick This e-mail and/or its attachments may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient(s) or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail and its attachments from your computer and files. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material contained herein is strictly forbidden. Pipeline Trading Systems, LLC - Member NASD & SIPC. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mulley, Nikhil Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 12:48 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Weird Characters... Hi All, I am a Fedora 2 user , My problem is that whenever something happens or I do some decrypting files , I find that my xterm console is filled with weird characters , to get rid of that , I tried to invoke a new shell , but no avail . Here is the glimpse of my problem on the console óÌ3tsc _;Î ôÔÇâðúXÖ<÷úf[¸ ÊJß»q; Vï S8<ÿ¿4nkkUZ x ¾O0 +X)´Ð#&¿H¿Øñ×Õ Is this a new Text Format or new UNICode for text , I do not understand , If I want to flush this screen and get correct characters or encoding of characters , What should I be doing ? Please help me , this is happening with me very frequently ... Thanks, Nikhil °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list