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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.

Lake
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  • Is this just in the graphical terminal? Or is it other apps as well? – Moose Oct 20 '14 at 03:16
  • What happens if you press a `Ctrl+C` after opening the terminal? Does the prompt appear? – sourav c. Oct 20 '14 at 06:07
  • Nothing happened with Ctrl+C. Yes, just the graphical terminal as far as I'm aware. – Lake Oct 20 '14 at 20:14
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    Possible duplicate of [Why do I have no prompt in terminal on XFCE in ubuntu 12.04](http://askubuntu.com/questions/280896/why-do-i-have-no-prompt-in-terminal-on-xfce-in-ubuntu-12-04) – TecBrat Jul 01 '16 at 10:19

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Open terminal go to -> edit -> Preferences -> Command Select only checkbox (checked) Run command as a login shell (Remove check) Run a custom command instead of my shell

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  1. Open Terminal
  2. Edit option -> Preferences
  3. Under Command tab select checkbox with option "Run command a a login Shell" and uncheck other options.
  4. Restart the command
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To resolve this cursor visible issue, please open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and use the following command.

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.cursor active false

After executing the above command please check whether the cursor issue resolved. If still this issue persist, go to "settings - displays - disable unknown display".

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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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  • Wonderful! It worked, and such a simple solution. "Use colors from the system theme" was ticked (with no indication of what colors were being used for what), so I unticked that and chose white text on black background, which now appears. Thanks! – Lake Oct 20 '14 at 20:18