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 1RhSlu-0002fW-Ri for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:16:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 33CD621C0AB; Sun, 1 Jan 2012 21:16:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com (mail-ey0-f181.google.com [209.85.215.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBFD621C0AB for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2012 21:15:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eaai1 with SMTP id i1so9814334eaa.40 for ; Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:15:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PX6G+O+fXGWliy5NHzudJIM/qj+dwNy/uAyOGMjEeIE=; b=bSO54A4ZeiMhTWcwtzqPku2CdE48Pext60qCShlQnrEzhbY7pBt12ltkS/x8ycSxEV 5/MJVl+Sb+TPpJRYnayCt4JMDXaCSqfS5IjIbiTsislGS+w9rlD7vaulBy8tPwfTVe5K qkQQRmnm38lsO5duVcc/5QU+ByjRpByyKFPxI= 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 Received: by 10.205.141.78 with SMTP id jd14mr10400508bkc.107.1325452532112; Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:15:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.177.18 with HTTP; Sun, 1 Jan 2012 13:15:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F00C96C.6060205@gmail.com> References: <4F00B505.6050908@gmail.com> <4F00B95F.50707@gmail.com> <4F00BE1F.9010405@gmail.com> <4F00C613.4090300@gmail.com> <4F00C96C.6060205@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 16:15:31 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: dd16fb27-5459-45a4-b95f-7addd3c10672 X-Archives-Hash: c7938001db79de7c77b2e0784ba9c382 On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Colleen Beamer w= rote: > 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 =C2=A0wrote: >>>>> 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. =C2=A0Doing 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. =C2=A0However, 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. =C2=A0Now, all I get is a black square where my co= mmand >>> prompt should be. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Colleen >>> >>> >> >> It sounds like you have the text color and background color set to the >> same thing. =C2=A0Basically, it's invisible. =C2=A0I would go to Setting= s at the >> top then Configure Current Profile. =C2=A0You should be able to change >> things under the Appearance tab. > > It's not this. =C2=A0I 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? --=20 :wq