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Xsco(X)


 clean_screen(X)               06 January 1993                clean_screen(X)


 Name

    clean_screen - restore the console graphics adapter to VGA alphanumeric
    mode

 Syntax


    clean_screen [-g] [-v]


 Description

    cleanscreen attempts to put the console graphics adapter into a text
    mode and restores the printing of console messages. Use cleanscreen when
    the Xsco server does not exit gracefully.

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       NOTE  Do not run cleanscreen while the Xsco server is running.
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 Options


    -g        puts the console into graphics mode and then into text mode.
              This might help ``unstick'' a stubborn adapter.

    -v        displays error messages.  cleanscreen suppresses error mes-
              sages by default.


 See also

    Xsco(X)


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