From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32589 invoked by alias); 3 Nov 2011 15:58:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 32580 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Nov 2011 15:58:33 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp0.epfl.ch (HELO smtp0.epfl.ch) (128.178.224.219) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with SMTP; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:58:19 +0000 Received: (qmail 955 invoked by uid 107); 3 Nov 2011 15:58:16 -0000 Received: from sb-gw13.cs.toronto.edu (HELO discarded) (128.100.3.13) (authenticated) by smtp0.epfl.ch (AngelmatoPhylax SMTP proxy) with ESMTPA; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:58:16 +0100 Message-ID: <4EB2BA20.3000502@cs.utoronto.ca> Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:58:00 -0000 From: Ryan Johnson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: invisible / hidden prompt text after exiting process References: <2EAAF17937C7FF4499BEE6EE95B712010672242F75@VA3DIAXVS9B1.RED001.local> In-Reply-To: <2EAAF17937C7FF4499BEE6EE95B712010672242F75@VA3DIAXVS9B1.RED001.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2011-11/txt/msg00042.txt.bz2 On 03/11/2011 11:54 AM, Eric Vlach wrote: > After exiting a process that returns me back to the shell, my prompt text is hidden. (Example - emacs file.txt; or ssh myserver.com; then exit. From then on, prompt text is hidden.) The characters are passed: when I type blindly and hit enter the command goes through, but I cannot see what I am typing. My fix has been to simply close and re-open a new cygwin window. > > I experienced this many years ago and found a fix. I recently got a new computer but quite unfortunately I do not remember the solution, and searching both my personal archives and the internet at large turned up nothing. I usually just reset the terminal (type 'reset' and hit [enter]) That said, I've only had the problem when a terminal-handling app (= emacs) gets killed unexpectedly, such as when an ssh connection drops. Ryan -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple