On 03/02/2013 07:38 AM, David Benfell wrote: > > Hi all, > > All other terminal emulators work. I have checked--thanks to what little > I found on the web that seemed apropos--to be sure that /dev/pts is > mounted (it is). But when I run gnome-terminal, I get no prompt and > typing in commands does not work. > > This is a brand new installation, so I can't say it worked before some > change. All I know is it doesn't work. > > What did I miss? > > Thanks! You can see if anything is running under the terminal with ps -AHf when gnome-terminal is running. Check the preferences under the "Title and Command" tab to make sure you haven't overridden your shell. You can try hard-coding your shell there to see if that does anything.