> i don't know what has changed -- several week old kernels that i
> distictly remember using vi on the console with are now failing.
> 
> i've tried a complete power cycle, and all my disks seem ok.  can
> anyone think of any possible causes ?  :-(
> 
An obvious one would be that your vi is duff? Tried an older binary?

Or possibly the framebuffer is loose, unlikely but you never know :-)

Neil.

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Neil J. McRae.                                        Demon Internet
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