As usual this list has come through with flying colors.
the fix is to do a kbd_mode -a command. this resets the
keyboard controler.
Many people responded with this solution. Thanks to all.
>We have a sparc 1000 which has been operational for about
>four months. All of a sudden the console started doing strange things.
>
>after a logout at the console, the /etc/issue message and login
>prompt appear as normal, but when any key is touched a
>string of ^@^@^@^@ ^@ hjsja ^@ ... appears across the screen. Nothing
>that we have tried aside from a reboot cleans up the problem.
>
> Is there any way to fix this without a reboot?
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