Hi, Ralf Jung wrote: > > Ralf Jung wrote: > >> I am using Terminator as my terminal emulator. Since the latest update, > >> aptitude > >> tells me I can press "q" to Quit directly after packages have been > >> installed. However, if I do that, the screen is left entirely blank and > >> there is > >> no reaction to typing. > > > > How long have you waited? Aptitude is saving some states at this > > position. > > Not sure, a couple of seconds. I'm on an SSD, so that should be enough > to save any state. Quitting aptitude normally (from the "full" window) > does not occur any noticeable delay. […] > I just tried this again -- and indeed, after ~1 second, the black goes > away and the normal terminal appears. That was after just installing one > package, maybe it takes longer when many packages were affected? I sure > felt like I waited at least 3 seconds before doing Ctrl-C.
JFTR: I just experienced delays of about 15 seconds after pressing "q<Enter>" before getting back to the prompt on a Raspberry Pi 3 running of a Class 10 UHS-1 microSD card. > In any case, it would be helpful if aptitude could display something > about being busy, instead of going all black. Indeed, that's a good idea -- if technically possible. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert <a...@debian.org>, http://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 `- | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE