From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RhSXv-0000JH-8G for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:02:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3CA0221C1AE; Sun, 1 Jan 2012 21:02:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qw0-f53.google.com (mail-qw0-f53.google.com [209.85.216.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B923721C17F for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2012 21:00:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qadb15 with SMTP id b15so10084455qad.19 for ; Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:00:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=6FuxCR+9r4ohgD6e/W3HiiocHddAiJSFy6yibhTwY4c=; b=FMQNR7u2lT64TdxYgT5eZWtixh1i0ob9n01JkndUELPMQB/oSDBfITBBdYhwFVpPO9 tjJwEnxMnr/CZ5pUmeXQZjDv/3iYDtNvrdQJ48Tl9XP632Ul78SxUApbyAuMnNtCnsTo +pUrLXonhwRBAaeBO0uw/zShSIxxEwn7eHj3w= Received: by 10.224.189.136 with SMTP id de8mr6312874qab.85.1325451628278; Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:00:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.15] (bas1-hamilton02-1176408411.dsl.bell.ca. [70.30.145.91]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ft9sm88154136qab.20.2012.01.01.13.00.27 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:00:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F00C96C.6060205@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:00:28 -0500 From: Colleen Beamer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111126 Thunderbird/8.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue References: <4F00B505.6050908@gmail.com> <4F00B95F.50707@gmail.com> <4F00BE1F.9010405@gmail.com> <4F00C613.4090300@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F00C613.4090300@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9e96085b-72d1-4050-8e91-344ec64d128a X-Archives-Hash: de7a2d8ae179a15e6d66338f38daffba On 01/01/12 15:46, Dale wrote: > Colleen Beamer wrote: >> On 01/01/12 14:58, Michael Mol wrote: >>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Colleen >>> Beamer wrote: >>>> On 01/01/12 14:41, Michael Mol wrote: >>>>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Colleen >>>>> Beamer >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I seem to have lost the command prompt in konsole and can't >>>>>> figure out >>>>>> how to get it back. I did google this, but didn't see anything >>>>>> relevant. Any ideas? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks and Happy New Year. >>>>>> >>>>>> Colleen >>>>> echo $PS1 >>>>> >>>>> If it's empty, you'll want to fix it in $HOME/.bashrc. >>>>> >>>>> If you're not seeing *anything* when you type, I'd suggest checking >>>>> your configured color scheme. >>>>> >>>> First, I exited out of kde by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1. Doing echo >>>> $PS1, I got >>>> output. >>>> >>>> However, just to make sure you understand, in konsole, I get no >>>> command >>>> prompt and can't type anything. >>> First guess would be checking your terminal profile settings for >>> color scheme. >>> >> I checked all the color schemes. However, I doubt that it is that. >> Konsole was working - I was trying to get a previously created database >> recognized in mysql and while I was going through the documentation, >> konsole was working. Now, all I get is a black square where my command >> prompt should be. >> >> Regards, >> >> Colleen >> >> > > It sounds like you have the text color and background color set to the > same thing. Basically, it's invisible. I would go to Settings at the > top then Configure Current Profile. You should be able to change > things under the Appearance tab. It's not this. I have a black block cursor visible in the terminal, just no command prompt and I can't type anything in konsole. -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org