Am Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:12:38 -0500 schrieb Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.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 Replies to list-only preferred.
