scrambled text in shell

[jlarter]

Hi everyone!

I've been looking for information on this problem but havne't been able to find anything. I hope that someone can help!

When I install mandrake without the nvidia drivers, I can go to a shell by pressing ctrl+alt+f2 and no problems.

now that I've insttalled the nvidia drivers, when i do the same, i get scrambled characters. it looks like the shell resolution is set wrong or something and i have no idea on how to fix it..

here's my xf86config-4 file:

# ************************************************** ********************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "1280x1024 @ 74 Hz"
HorizSync 31.5-79.0
VertRefresh 50-90

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1152 864
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1152 864
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1152 864
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1152 864
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection

if anyone can help, it would be MUCH appreciated!!

[dan@george]

Have you tried entering the command "reset" in the shell with garbled text? This usually works to set a shell's text encoding back to normal.

[jlarter]

Thanks for the reply! yeah, I just tried 'reset' and you can tell that it clears the screen, but the characters are still really large and scrambled..

Have you tried entering the command "reset" in the shell with garbled text? This usually works to set a shell's text encoding back to normal.