[gentoo-user] Re: Shell echo missing after ctrl+c

[Kai Krakow]

Am Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:12:38 -0500
schrieb Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>:

> Kai Krakow wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > More and more of my Gentoo systems are exhibiting the following
> > strange and unexpected behavior:
> >
> > After ctrl+c'ing out of programs like tailf, SSH password prompts,
> > in the middle of a shell scripts, the shell echo is not restored -
> > that is: If I type characters I no longer see the characters (but
> > they are received and can be executed by "enter"). If experiencing
> > this, I have to ctrl+c again to discard what I was typing, the
> > blindly type "reset" to reset the terminal, then echo is enabled
> > again.
> >
> > I'm not sure which update or configuration is causing this. It
> > started out on our Gentoo servers some years ago (which I'm only
> > SSH'ed into, no physical access), now since a few weeks, also my
> > desktop machines are affected. I have no explanation for this.
> >
> > But maybe anyone?
> >
> > BTW: I know from the old times (some 15-20 years ago) that ctrl+c
> > out of a program (i.e. rsync) that starts a subshell (i.e. ssh)
> > that in turn shows a password prompt, will leave you with an
> > echoless shell. But it shows up on almost any occasion now.
> >
>
> I don't have a solution but wanted to reply to say that this happens
> to me too.  I have a regular desktop running KDE.  I use Konsole for
> most of my command line activity.  I've noticed that this happens
> with a lot of programs.  It has been happening so long, I thought
> maybe it was the new way things are done.  It is aggravating and
> confusing at times.
>
> You are not alone on this.  I'm hoping someone will post a fix.

KDE with konsole here, too... But I don't think that's the common
denominator. It's also happening from PuTTY in Windows.

-- 
Regards,
Kai

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