On 01/01/12 16:15, Michael Mol wrote: > On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Colleen Beamer <colleen.bea...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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<colleen.bea...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> On 01/01/12 14:41, Michael Mol wrote: >>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Colleen >>>>>>> Beamer<colleen.bea...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> 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. Doing 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. However, 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. Now, all I get is a black square where my command >>>> prompt should be. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Colleen >>>> >>>> >>> >>> It sounds like you have the text color and background color set to the >>> same thing. Basically, it's invisible. I would go to Settings at the >>> top then Configure Current Profile. You should be able to change >>> things under the Appearance tab. >> >> It's not this. I 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? > > In response, konsole was working just find earlier today - I had a command prompt and everything. I had to install xterm, but on install I could run xterm and it provides me with a command prompt.
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