Unable to type in a terminal

14.04 command-line cursor xfce4-terminal

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Open Terminal and go to "Profile preferences" from main Edit menu in Terminal and check below configuration:

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"Text color" and "Background color" with different color and also if you don't want custom color click on "Use colors from system theme" check box and then click close.

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Lake

Ubuntu/Linux newbie (Aug 2014), XP refugee, New Zealander Nvidia G72M graphics card, Quadro NVS 110M/Geoforce Go 7300 video controller, Ubuntu 14.04, Xfce interface, 32-bit, Dell Latitude D620M, Intel Core 2 processor 1.83 GHz, 2GB RAM, dual boot with small Win XP partition

Updated on September 18, 2022

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Lake almost 2 years

When I open a terminal no cursor appears, and no text, I just get a blank black screen. I am able to run commands by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2.

I have minimal understanding of typing code etc. (Using Ubuntu 14.04 with Xfce interface.) Thank you if you're able to help.
- Moose over 9 years
  
  Is this just in the graphical terminal? Or is it other apps as well?
- sourav c. over 9 years
  
  What happens if you press a Ctrl+C after opening the terminal? Does the prompt appear?
- Lake over 9 years
  
  Nothing happened with Ctrl+C. Yes, just the graphical terminal as far as I'm aware.
- TecBrat almost 8 years
  
  Possible duplicate of Why do I have no prompt in terminal on XFCE in ubuntu 12.04