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yelp package

cannot type password in terminal

Asked by siddu

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

I'm using feisty fawn
I tried to type my password in terminal,
Nothing could be typed
I can type elsewhere
I tried to copy-paste password, doesn't work either

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 10 18:39:53 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
Package: gnome-terminal 2.18.0-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gnome-terminal
ProcCwd: /home/guru
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux gurus-dell 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

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This question was originally filed as bug #519817.

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siddu (siddu-cbz) said : 		#1
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) said : 		#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs .

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Best arochester (arochester) said : 		#3

As a security measure you can't see it. It is there. Just type it and press Enter.

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siddu (siddu-cbz) said : 		#4

Thanks arochester!!