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TechC
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Console (green screen) has strange characters after power outage.

Hello all I am having what is probably a simple problem.
HP 9000 K370
HPUX 11.11
We had a power outage and the terminal connected to the console port is showing strange characters when hitting any key. Looks like some strange language.
I can get into the machine remotely but I need to get this fixed. I am trying not to reboot.
Can this be a corrupted device file or something?
Thanks
James
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Steven Schweda
Honored Contributor

Re: Console (green screen) has strange characters after power outage.

Many things are possible. For example, the
terminal may have come up set to a speed
different from the one it was set to before.
I'd check the serial port and terminal speed
(and parity) settings before I started
looking for corrupted files.
James R. Ferguson
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: Console (green screen) has strange characters after power outage.

Hi James:

You can't harm anything by recycling power on the console, itself.

You can also try:

# stty sane

Regards!

...JRF...
Tim Nelson
Honored Contributor
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Re: Console (green screen) has strange characters after power outage.

Another option.

Hold down the "D" key during power cycle of the monitor. If an HP Terminal it will reset it to the defaults.

TechC
Regular Advisor

Re: Console (green screen) has strange characters after power outage.

Tim that was it...
I held down "d" and the terminal screen came right up. I really appreciate it.
I appreciate all of your replies and have assigned the points.

Thanks again
James
TechC
Regular Advisor

Re: Console (green screen) has strange characters after power outage.

Closed, Tim Nelson's response did the trick...