From: Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 16:15:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+czFiCHPkmL6RkdJH4KbqBVeARF+7JiniOZ=M7eSgw33Q7yJQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F00C96C.6060205@gmail.com>
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?
--
:wq
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-01 21:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-01 19:33 [gentoo-user] Konsole issue Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 19:41 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-01 19:51 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 19:58 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-01 20:12 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 20:46 ` Dale
2012-01-01 21:00 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 21:15 ` Michael Mol [this message]
2012-01-01 21:51 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 22:10 ` Dale
2012-01-01 22:15 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-01 22:36 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 23:06 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-01 23:20 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 23:48 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 0:10 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 0:32 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 1:01 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 1:08 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 0:01 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 0:09 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 0:18 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 0:34 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 0:40 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-02 0:47 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 0:55 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 1:05 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 1:13 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 1:20 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 1:29 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 2:25 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 9:57 ` Mick
2012-01-02 19:32 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 19:42 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-03 2:39 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-03 3:19 ` Dale
2012-01-03 10:26 ` Lorenzo Bandieri
2012-01-03 10:39 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-03 23:17 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 20:54 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-02 1:18 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 2:44 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 12:53 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-02 14:44 ` Mark Knecht
2012-01-02 17:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-02 19:12 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 19:22 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 19:27 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-02 19:35 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 19:47 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-02 20:56 ` Neil Bothwick
[not found] ` <201201022259.03909.michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
2012-01-03 0:05 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-01-03 1:09 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-01-02 0:25 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-02 0:26 ` Michael Mol
2012-01-01 19:48 ` Dale
2012-01-01 20:01 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 20:09 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2012-01-01 20:34 ` Colleen Beamer
2012-01-01 20:08 ` [gentoo-user] " Paul Hartman
2012-01-01 20:36 ` Colleen Beamer
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