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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:16:51
Message-Id: CA+czFiCHPkmL6RkdJH4KbqBVeARF+7JiniOZ=M7eSgw33Q7yJQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue by Colleen Beamer
1 On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Colleen Beamer <colleen.beamer@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 01/01/12 15:46, Dale wrote:
3 >> Colleen Beamer wrote:
4 >>> On 01/01/12 14:58, Michael Mol wrote:
5 >>>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Colleen
6 >>>> Beamer<colleen.beamer@×××××.com>  wrote:
7 >>>>> On 01/01/12 14:41, Michael Mol wrote:
8 >>>>>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Colleen
9 >>>>>> Beamer<colleen.beamer@×××××.com>
10 >>>>>> wrote:
11 >>>>>>> Hi,
12 >>>>>>>
13 >>>>>>> I seem to have lost the command prompt in konsole and can't
14 >>>>>>> figure out
15 >>>>>>> how to get it back. I did google this, but didn't see anything
16 >>>>>>> relevant. Any ideas?
17 >>>>>>>
18 >>>>>>> Thanks and Happy New Year.
19 >>>>>>>
20 >>>>>>> Colleen
21 >>>>>> echo $PS1
22 >>>>>>
23 >>>>>> If it's empty, you'll want to fix it in $HOME/.bashrc.
24 >>>>>>
25 >>>>>> If you're not seeing *anything* when you type, I'd suggest checking
26 >>>>>> your configured color scheme.
27 >>>>>>
28 >>>>> First, I exited out of kde by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1.  Doing echo
29 >>>>> $PS1, I got
30 >>>>> output.
31 >>>>>
32 >>>>> However, just to make sure you understand, in konsole, I get no
33 >>>>> command
34 >>>>> prompt and can't type anything.
35 >>>> First guess would be checking your terminal profile settings for
36 >>>> color scheme.
37 >>>>
38 >>> I checked all the color schemes.  However, I doubt that it is that.
39 >>> Konsole was working - I was trying to get a previously created database
40 >>> recognized in mysql and while I was going through the documentation,
41 >>> konsole was working.  Now, all I get is a black square where my command
42 >>> prompt should be.
43 >>>
44 >>> Regards,
45 >>>
46 >>> Colleen
47 >>>
48 >>>
49 >>
50 >> It sounds like you have the text color and background color set to the
51 >> same thing.  Basically, it's invisible.  I would go to Settings at the
52 >> top then Configure Current Profile.  You should be able to change
53 >> things under the Appearance tab.
54 >
55 > It's not this.  I have a black block cursor visible in the terminal,
56 > just no command prompt and I can't type anything in konsole.
57
58 Out-of-left-field thought...did this happen when you upgraded from
59 3.0.6 to 3.1.6? I'm wondering if pty support might be broken on your
60 system due to some configuration issue.
61
62 What happens if you run xterm?
63
64
65 --
66 :wq

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Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue Colleen Beamer <colleen.beamer@×××××.com>