[ale] Quake2 catches Sig 11 and blows out and leaves the console messed up?

[ale at snicker.emoti.com]

It is possible that svgalib is messed up. Try to download the
latest svglib source, compile the svgalib source, and install
the compiled svgalib and edit /etc/vga/libvga.config and uncomment
the one that supports your video card.

Secondly, about garbage character after the console was trashed
from video -- DO NOT EXIT -- while you are at prompt just type
"reset" and press enter -- it will attempt to restore the console
to readable character.

LinuxGold

On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Nomad the Wanderer wrote:

> Well,
>   Read the subject.  I'm happily playing Quake2, 3.19a when all of a sudden
> it reports it caught sig 11 and dumps me back to the prompt.  From this 
> point on my console/keyboard is hosed.  Pressing "r" gives me ^T and 
> alot of other junk.  Very little is readable.  
> 
>   First,
>     Anyone know how to keep this from happening?
> 
>   Second,
>     Anyone know if it's possible to fix my console after it gets trashed?
> 
> Robert
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> 
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> 
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> 
> FYI:
>  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
>