terminal characters

[NoOp]

On 06/07/2009 09:58 AM, Verde Denim wrote:
> I'm a bit baffled by this -
> I'm running 8.04LTS 64-bit
> When I type into a terminal, I either get black rectangles where the
> characters should be, or i get blank spaces, but once I hit return, the
> commandline shows what I typed in plain text.
> Has anyone seen anything like this before? I've been running Ubuntu for a
> while now, and haven't ever seen this type of behavior. While I don't make
> mistakes in typing the commands that often,
> it is really irritating not to be able to see what I'm typingP(especially
> for commands like mencoder). I've even noticed it will behave the same way
> within vi...
> 
> Any input is appreciated.
> 
> Jack
> 
> 

Assuming that you are talking about gnome-terminal; check your profile -
Edit|Profile Preferences|Compatibiity|Reset Compatibility Options to
Defaults| see if that works.