On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 16:41:09 -0800, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote: > On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 02:13:43PM -0500, Beartooth wrote: >> >> 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" It was already unchecked. Checking it got the prompt back! But it also grayed out Built-in schemes -- so I can't set that to Custom, and therefore can't set the Text color nor the Background color. When I uncheck it again, I can set those; they were already very different -- dark brown on light green; I darkened one further and lightened the other further; but when I got back out of editing the profile, the prompt was still absent. Checking it once more brought the prompt back -- black on white. Palette, with the system theme colors checked, lets me choose among Linux console, XTerm, Rxvt, and Custom. But, even though clicking on a color gets me a palette, nothing I do with it seems to have any effect. -- Beartooth Autodidact, curmudgeonly codger learning linux Remember I know precious little of what I'm talking about!
