In message <"xlink100.x.890:22.03.96.14.11.00"@xlink.net> you wrote: >hi Gerd, > >in the borken shell-session, type: > > echo ^v<ESC>c <RET><RET> > >this should restore the initial tty state (incl the fonts etc.) > So it does !!! Thanks a lot ! Just tell me why ... Gerd