oops, ascii 'graphics' characters after cat /proc/kcore
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oops, ascii 'graphics' characters after cat /proc/kcore
I was viewing files in my /proc directory using cat.
Without realizing that kcore was 44 gazillion bytes big (since I did ls, not ls -l) and probably something I didn't actually want to view, I happily typed in cat kcore.
I immediately realized my mistake when all the characters changed to those ascii drawing type characters and started screaming off the screen. So, I hit Ctrl-C to stop it. But, the characters in the prompt and the characters I type in are all still unreadble.
This in in CLI mode, no startx. I can Alt-F2 and get a good terminal, but Alt-F1 remains unreadable. Is there a way to restore that terminal without rebooting? I can still log in using ESP and slight of hand to Alt-F1, so if there was a command I could type in directly after logging in... or, I could do it from Alt-F2 if it's possible.
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