terminal error?

decksmasher · 08-17-2009, 10:29 AM

help....! got no text when i open the terminal?

The error message says: There was a problem with the command for this terminal: Text was empty (or contained only whitespace)

screen shot below,

regards Dex

the distro im using is ubuntu 9.4, ultimate edition

karamarisan · 08-17-2009, 10:53 AM

Looks like maybe you somehow set your shell to /bin/true or something. Are you able to get a terminal from a getty? Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch to getty2, Ctrl+Alt+F7 to get back to X.

decksmasher · 08-17-2009, 03:38 PM

yes i can?

ive also been using the quake terminal.

regards dex

decksmasher · 08-17-2009, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by karamarisan

Looks like maybe you somehow set your shell to /bin/true or something. Are you able to get a terminal from a getty? Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch to getty2, Ctrl+Alt+F7 to get back to X.

yes i can?
ive also been using the quake terminal, this works fine.

regards dex