Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue

[Colleen Beamer <colleen.beamer@gmail.com>]

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On 01/01/12 16:15, Michael Mol wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Colleen Beamer
<colleen.beamer@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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<colleen.beamer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 01/01/12 14:41, Michael Mol wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Colleen
>>>>>>> Beamer<colleen.beamer@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> 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.
>
> Out-of-left-field thought...did this happen when you upgraded from
> 3.0.6 to 3.1.6? I'm wondering if pty support might be broken on your
> system due to some configuration issue.
>
> What happens if you run xterm?
>
>
In response, konsole was working just find earlier today - I had a
command prompt and everything.   I had to install xterm, but on install
I could run xterm and it provides me with a command prompt.

Regards,

Colleen

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