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From: Colleen Beamer <colleen.beamer@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:02:23
Message-Id: 4F00C96C.6060205@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue by Dale
1 On 01/01/12 15:46, Dale wrote:
2 > Colleen Beamer wrote:
3 >> On 01/01/12 14:58, Michael Mol wrote:
4 >>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Colleen
5 >>> Beamer<colleen.beamer@×××××.com> wrote:
6 >>>> On 01/01/12 14:41, Michael Mol wrote:
7 >>>>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Colleen
8 >>>>> Beamer<colleen.beamer@×××××.com>
9 >>>>> wrote:
10 >>>>>> Hi,
11 >>>>>>
12 >>>>>> I seem to have lost the command prompt in konsole and can't
13 >>>>>> figure out
14 >>>>>> how to get it back. I did google this, but didn't see anything
15 >>>>>> relevant. Any ideas?
16 >>>>>>
17 >>>>>> Thanks and Happy New Year.
18 >>>>>>
19 >>>>>> Colleen
20 >>>>> echo $PS1
21 >>>>>
22 >>>>> If it's empty, you'll want to fix it in $HOME/.bashrc.
23 >>>>>
24 >>>>> If you're not seeing *anything* when you type, I'd suggest checking
25 >>>>> your configured color scheme.
26 >>>>>
27 >>>> First, I exited out of kde by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1. Doing echo
28 >>>> $PS1, I got
29 >>>> output.
30 >>>>
31 >>>> However, just to make sure you understand, in konsole, I get no
32 >>>> command
33 >>>> prompt and can't type anything.
34 >>> First guess would be checking your terminal profile settings for
35 >>> color scheme.
36 >>>
37 >> I checked all the color schemes. However, I doubt that it is that.
38 >> Konsole was working - I was trying to get a previously created database
39 >> recognized in mysql and while I was going through the documentation,
40 >> konsole was working. Now, all I get is a black square where my command
41 >> prompt should be.
42 >>
43 >> Regards,
44 >>
45 >> Colleen
46 >>
47 >>
48 >
49 > It sounds like you have the text color and background color set to the
50 > same thing. Basically, it's invisible. I would go to Settings at the
51 > top then Configure Current Profile. You should be able to change
52 > things under the Appearance tab.
53
54 It's not this. I have a black block cursor visible in the terminal,
55 just no command prompt and I can't type anything in konsole.
56
57 --
58
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Re: [gentoo-user] Konsole issue Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>