Bizarre terminal behavior

[Mark Widdicombe]

On 8 December 2011 11:38, Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 12/07/2011 11:37 PM, Mark Widdicombe wrote:
>
>>
>> On 8 December 2011 10:37, Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net <mailto:
>> p.echols at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>
>>    Greetings all,
>>
>>    Tonight I opened a terminal session and used [ctrl]+r to search a
>>    prior command. When I keyed the first letter, the terminal window
>>    was filled with the characters below. I had to [ctrl]+c to return
>>    to normal usage. Any thoughts?
>>
>>    Oh, 10.4, on an asus netbook
>>
>>    Here is the characters copied and pasted from the terminal window:
>>
>>    patton at mycroft:~$
>>    (reverse-i-search)`a': �^P�<��(�̤�{9]��xmh�^Ni���Q^Q@**}�
>>    xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}� � xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}� xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}�
>>    xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}� � xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}� xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}�
>>    xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}� � xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}� xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}�
>>    xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}� � xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}� xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}�
>>    xxmh�^Ni���Q^Q@}� �
>> <snip>
>> Was the last command to edit (with vi, say) a binary file?
>>
>
> I don't think so, but I don't remember.  This laptop had been hibernating,
> crashed when woke up and I had just opened the terminal with ctrl+alt+t.
>
> Since posting, I opened alsamixer in that terminal window and the line
> drawing characters were replaced with letters, but it functioned.
>
> I've closed that terminal and opened a new one but have been unable to
> replicate the problem.
>
> I wonder whether it is something unlikely to repeat?  Like a mess left by
> that crash that, once cleaned up, will not be back?
>
> You could have a look at your .bash_history file to see whether you have
issued a command that could be causing the problem.  If you find one, then
delete it. You should be able to use your history without repeating the
problematic command.
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