The terminal is probably taking your password, just not displaying it. By default, at terminal password prompts, there is no indication given that you are typing, but if you enter your password and hit enter, it should proceed. This is for security to avoid displaying your plain text password to the person standing behind you, etc.
You can test this theory by typing a few random keys at the prompt and hitting enter. You should get a password failed type error response and it should prompt you again. It may not look like it's taking input, but it is. Good luck! -Andy On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 17:27, Steve Atkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Caution: Linux Newb Alert! I'm attempting my first install using Wayne"s > excellent guide for us beginners. The first major step, before introducing > Rivendell 2.0.2, and after getting 11.04 running smoothly, is to paste a > long line of text into the terminal ("sudo apt-get install > libcdparanoia...") which installs pre-requisites in order to install > Rivendell. > > Problem is after pasting this line into the terminal, the terminal window > stops and asks for my password. However, the window will now not accept any > keyboard input (entering password or anything else), nor will it allow me to > "paste" a password. I'm stumped, but I imagine you know of a simple setting > I don't yet know about. > > Possible causes? > > I'm using GNOME Terminal 2.32.1 > > System is installed with a downloaded "Ubuntu Studio" file > > Many thanks for any pointers you may care to offer. > > -Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > >
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