On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:53:18 -0700, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 04:35:28PM -0400, Beartooth wrote:
>>
>> But I hit a snag ...
>> FC2 has a gnome-terminal that never gets a prompt.
>
> I assume you are clicking on something.
> Tell us what you are clicking on.
A launcher on the panel.
> Most 'icons' have properties that you can inspect.
> Use right mouse --> properties and tell us what you see.
Under Basic
Name : Terminal
Generic Name : [blank]
Comment : Command line
Command : gnome-terminal
Type : Application
Icon : [a little monitor screen with >_ in it]
Run in terminal box not checked
Under Advanced
Try this before using: [blank]
Documentation : gnome-terminal/index.html
Name/Comment translations : [a whole great long list, none with a
highlight, check mark, or other distinction]
[nothing in the Add/Set or Remove boxes]
Revert box grayed out
> Also can you run 'xterm'?
commanding "xterm &" at the user prompt in a KDE terminal emulation brings
up a terminal, with a prompt, which takes commands. (I use Gnome; but the
KDE terminal, which is very hard on my aged eyeballs, does work.)
> It is possible that something in your dot files
> or login profile is getting in the way.
>
> One common problem is the inclusion of NFS resources in your $PATH.
There you're over my head, alas!
> Also is this for all users or just one?
> Can you add a new user test that new user?
Yes. I did, and tried "su test", then telling btth's kde terminal
"gnome-terminal &". (I'll log out and back in in a minute)
It flashed a message, and opened what looks like a gnome terminal, with a
working prompt -- a btth prompt, *not* test's -- .
Closing that, I found the message still on the kde terminal:
=====
[test@localhost btth]$
[gnome-terminal:15784): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to the
session manager: Authentication Rejected, reason: None of the
authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based
authentication failed.
=====
It did not give a new prompt at that point. I hit ^c. It displayed a blank
line, then
=====
[1]+ Done gnome-terminal
[test@localhost btth]
=====
I told it exit, and it gave me
=====
exit
[1]+ Done xterm
and then my normal btth prompt
Stay tuned. I'll log out, and back in as test.
--
Beartooth Autodidact, curmudgeonly codger learning linux
Remember I know precious little of what I'm talking about!
