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

[Todd Cary]

Another piece of information is the keystrokes are being processed by 
the system in that the blink of the cursor stops if I press some keys 
and after a second or so, resumes blinking.

Todd

ME wrote:

>So you are saying the results of the suggested test provide no file in
>/tmp  when you tried from the broken terminal window?
>
>Imagine typing "blind" and after you paste that (or something like it)
>into the "broken" terminal and press return, you won't see any text. Then
>check to see if the file is there.
>touch /tmp/my.file
>touch /tmp/your.file
>(etc)
>and check to see if the files actually are there in another window.
>
>We need to diagnose this:
>
>Is this a problem with the display of the terminal (not showing you any
>I/O even though it is actually doing the work) OR
>
>Is the terminal "hung" in a kind of "wait state" where no IO is going on.
>
>Once we have an idea which is the issue, we have started the process of
>diagnosis. However, I can't help much without feedback on results.
>
>-ME
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>Todd Cary said:
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>>Except it works fine if I am logged on as root.....that is the
>>bugaboo....iI just have to get to root and I can only do that with KDE
>>terminal mode...then "gnome-terminal" brings up the Gnome terminal with
>>prompt.....
>>
>>Todd
>>
>>ME wrote:
>>
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>>>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:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>>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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