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. Dale :-) :-)
