Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 17:36:02 schrieb Colleen Beamer: > On 01/01/12 17:15, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Am Sonntag, 1. Januar 2012, 16:51:23 schrieb Colleen Beamer: > >>> 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. > > > > so what happens when you start konsole out of xterm? Any messages? Do you > > find anything in .xsession-errors? > > Starting konsole out of xterm results in the same issue - no prompt. > > From .xsession-errors the following related to konsole was provided, but > I have no idea how to go about fixing this: > > konsole(8283)/kdecore (KPty/K3Process) KPty::open: Can't open a pseudo > teletype > konsole(8283) Konsole::Pty::flowControlEnabled: Unable to get flow > control status, terminal not connected. > konsole(8283) Konsole::Pty::start: Unable to set terminal attributes.
Bingo. well, check that /dev/pts is mounted. Did you have any consolekit, udev, dbus updates? Are the permissions set correctly? have you recompiled kdelibs? But this is exactly your problem - google for it. -- #163933
