Unreadable Characters at Console Screen after KDE Logout

x360539 · 01-17-2011, 08:31 AM

Hi all,

I'm using Slackware 13.1.

Whenever I logout of KDE and go back into console mode, the characters at the console screen become unreadable gibberish. Is anyone else having this problem?

I can ctl+alt+F? to work at another console screen, but the ctl+alt+F1 screen remains unreadable until I reboot.

Thanks.

brixtoncalling · 01-17-2011, 08:51 AM

Try typing 'reset' at the console.

x360539 · 01-17-2011, 08:56 AM

Thanks! I'll give that a try.

lumak · 01-17-2011, 11:16 AM

if you do a 'startx' as a regular thing for launching your KDE session, then you could do "startx && reset" or create a launch script to run 'startx' then 'reset' when the first command is completed. However, while there is no harm in 'reset', it doesn't seem like the perfect solution. I would try and determine if it isn't something that can be fixed on KDE's end.

guanx · 01-17-2011, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumak

if you do a 'startx' as a regular thing for launching your KDE session, then you could do "startx && reset" or create a launch script to run 'startx' then 'reset' when the first command is completed. However, while there is no harm in 'reset', it doesn't seem like the perfect solution. I would try and determine if it isn't something that can be fixed on KDE's end.

I think the OP (if he/she kindly would like to) can log all the output with "startx 2>&1 | tee startx.log". If the screen is garbled, we can know what the wrong is.