gerg@panix.com (Greg Andrews) wrote in message news:<be1plu$od9$1@reader1.panix.com>...
>
> You can confirm this by telnetting into the server through the network
> interface, logging in as root, and typing "stty -a < /dev/console".
> Look to see if the output contains "cs8" and "-parenb" (8N1), or "cs7"
> and "parenb" (7E1).

yeah, the output contained "cs7 and parenb (7E1)"

> Remove the "stty sane" command from the /etc/profile file, or any user's
> $HOME/.profile file. That's probably where this came from.

i couldn´t find "stty sane" in the .profile or the /etc/profile file,
so i don´t know where the wrong settings came from.

> Getting the console back to 8N1 is a little tricky if you can't reboot
> the server. In your telnet session, type "stty cs8 -parenb < /dev/console",
> then kill the console ttymon process (the one with a lot of command-line
> arguments). Use an ordinary "kill nnn" command (where "nnn" is the process
> number). Do not use kill -9. This will usually get the console port back
> to 8N1 and give you a new login prompt to let you log in.
> -Greg

a little note about the "stty cs8 -parenb < /dev/console" command: it
worked without rebooting or killing the ttymon process! the console
output is fine now!
thanks for your help!!!
manfred