[NBLUG/talk] What controls the "prompt"?

[ME]

Try this:
Start the terminal that does not display anything.
Paste in this text:

touch /tmp/test123.txt

Then go to a terminal that does display text.
See if the file /tmp/test123.xt exists.

If it does, then I would inspect the number of BPP you have selected for
your card (8bpp?) and see if the window manager/env manager has just used
up all of you colors. Parhaps KDE does not use as many colors as Gnome.

If you have an XFree86.log (check /var/log) please send that.

-ME


Todd Cary said:
> Eric -
>
> <<<
> Do you mean that when you're not root and run the terminal, it comes up
> without any prompt
>  >>>
> Correct!  No prompt...just a white screen/window.
>
> This is RH 9.0.
>
> I did not notice this in the beginning since I set the default to KDE
> where everything runs fine...in fact, coming from Windows, I am very
> impressed.  Then one day I decided to "take a look at Gnome".  When I
> tried to bring up the Terminal window, there was no prompt (I thought it
> was a keyboard problem).  By going back to KDE and using the
> "gnome-terminal" command from it's terminal window I was able to gleen
> the information I have presented.
>
> Todd
>
> Eric Eisenhart wrote:
>
>>On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 05:54:08AM -0700, Todd Cary wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If I bring up the Gnome Terminal ("gnome-terminal") and I am root, all
>>>is well: I get the root prompt.  However, if I am not root, the terminal
>>>window comes up without the prompt.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Do you mean that when you're not root and run the terminal, it comes up
>>without any prompt, or that it comes up with something different than the
>>root prompt?  Does a terminal window appear at all?
>>
>>What Linux distribution are you using?
>>
>>
>
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