On Sunday 19 Mar 2017 05:40:09 Dale wrote: > Kai Krakow wrote: > > Am Sun, 19 Mar 2017 04:12:38 -0500 > > > > schrieb Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com>: > >> Kai Krakow wrote: > >>> Hello! > >>> > >>> More and more of my Gentoo systems are exhibiting the following > >>> strange and unexpected behavior: > >>> > >>> After ctrl+c'ing out of programs like tailf, SSH password prompts, > >>> in the middle of a shell scripts, the shell echo is not restored - > >>> that is: If I type characters I no longer see the characters (but > >>> they are received and can be executed by "enter"). If experiencing > >>> this, I have to ctrl+c again to discard what I was typing, the > >>> blindly type "reset" to reset the terminal, then echo is enabled > >>> again. > >>> > >>> I'm not sure which update or configuration is causing this. It > >>> started out on our Gentoo servers some years ago (which I'm only > >>> SSH'ed into, no physical access), now since a few weeks, also my > >>> desktop machines are affected. I have no explanation for this. > >>> > >>> But maybe anyone? > >>> > >>> BTW: I know from the old times (some 15-20 years ago) that ctrl+c > >>> out of a program (i.e. rsync) that starts a subshell (i.e. ssh) > >>> that in turn shows a password prompt, will leave you with an > >>> echoless shell. But it shows up on almost any occasion now. > >> > >> I don't have a solution but wanted to reply to say that this happens > >> to me too. I have a regular desktop running KDE. I use Konsole for > >> most of my command line activity. I've noticed that this happens > >> with a lot of programs. It has been happening so long, I thought > >> maybe it was the new way things are done. It is aggravating and > >> confusing at times. > >> > >> You are not alone on this. I'm hoping someone will post a fix. > > > > KDE with konsole here, too... But I don't think that's the common > > denominator. It's also happening from PuTTY in Windows. > > I've likely had it happen on a regular console too. I have just got so > used to it, I don't pay it any attention. I suspect this is a deep > issue somewhere. Maybe even as low level as the kernel somehow or close > to it. > > It will be interesting to see what it is tho. Given how long it has > been doing it here at least, it's going to be a old commit/change which > may be difficult to track back. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
Not sure this will help, but none of my systems have this problem. urxvt, xterm, konsole, terminology, all display anything I enter in the keyboard after I have pressed Ctrl+c. I run enlightenment, or fluxbox, I have not tried with the plasma DE yet. -- Regards, Mick
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