terminal black

[trav9595]

I noticed that my terminal emulator just has a black box with no cursor.... and no visible text when I type... whats up??
xu xfce

[migs73]

I don't use XFCE or it's terminal but I know in the unity Terminal you can change the text colour. Could it just be black text on a black background?

Try typing the name of a program in the terminal and hitting enter. If the program starts the terminal works and I would suggest you check the settings.

Mike

[Frogs Hair]

Check Preferred Applications > Utilities to see what terminal is set to default. I use XFCE and there should be text (user) and a cursor visible. See Edit > Preferences in the terminal application menu if the XFCE terminal is in use X terminal UX will not display this menu.

[steeldriver]

What terminal are you using? I've noticed that if I use a gnome-terminal in an xfce session it's black-on-black unless I go to Edit -> Profile Preferences and then select the Colours tab, and uncheck the 'Use colours from system theme' box

[trav9595]

thanks Steel
fixed