On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 02:13:43PM -0500, Beartooth wrote:
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:06:15 -0500, Beartooth wrote:
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:53:18 -0700, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote:
Can you add a new user test that new user?
Yes. I did, and tried "su test", then telling btth's kde terminal "gnome-terminal &". (I'll log out and back in in a minute)
(snip)Stay tuned. I'll log out, and back in as test.
Logged in as test, I put the terminal launcher on the panel, moved it to the position I normally keep it, and clicked on it. Test got a gnome-terminal, with a working prompt, and can modify things like the colors -- which is what my eyeballs require.
OK so gnome-terminal works for "Mr. Test". This tells me that the system is OK and that the specific problem is associated with your account setup.
gnome-terminal keeps setup information in $HOME/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal $HOME/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/
First try in a gnome-terminal to reset the default profile. Click on Edit --> profiles
On the Colors tab click and uncheck "Use Colors from system theme".
You can also edit the default theme to improve the contrast or color choice. I suspect that some how the screen and text color are now the same which makes it impossible to see the text. Hint for defaults keep the default unchanged and make a copy to change when the tools permit.
It may be quicker to cut and paste this command in a gnome-terminal or an xterm.
# check that you are you with 'id' id
# if not root and if you are you. mv $HOME/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal $HOME/.gconf/apps/XXgnome-terminal
Logout and log back in...