Re: Operating systems are not religions (you fools)

[Peter Jensen]

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The Ghost In The Machine wrote:

> Otherwise there's not a lot I can do other than some sort of reset to
> the card (an ATI 9000) -- and that's only done during a boot, which
> fortunately can be done safely as the rest of the system (sshd in
> particular) is still working, and I can even switch to a text console
> to do the Three-Finger Salute.  (I can tell by some of the sprinkles
> turning green that shutdown is commencing.)

Have you tried 'savetextmode' during good conditions, followed by
'textmode' when the consoles get corrupted?  I know that's previously
restored an otherwise useless console for me.  Those apps are part of
svgalib, BTW.

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