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Where's my bash shell?

KD7IWP

KD7IWP

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The other day I was attempting to install Trac using MacPorts on my MBP. Well, ever since I restarted the machine I now have no terminal.app. I can open it, but only get a flashing cursor, no "welcome to Darwin" message, no bash shell, nothing. I phoned an Apple rep and she said to do an Archive and Install. I can do that but would have to drive to my parents' place to pick up the disc. Anyone have an idea of what I can do instead?
 
Look in your Home folder -> Library -> Preferences, and delete the file:

com.apple.terminal.plist

Maybe you already did that and I am not sure it will really help. Worth giving a try before reinstalling.
 
misterredman said:
Look in your Home folder -> Library -> Preferences, and delete the file:

com.apple.terminal.plist

Maybe you already did that and I am not sure it will really help. Worth giving a try before reinstalling.
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I get a similar problem, when opening the terminal I (out of the blue) get the following...

Last login: Tue May 6 17:06:58 on ttyp1

That's it, no shell I can access or break out of (ctrl-c). OSX is really starting to act as ****** as windows after a few months, disappointing.
 
Cromulent said:
This is probably a better tutorial for getting Trac running on OS X it is at the bottom of the article.

http://www.sonzea.com/articles/subversion-trac.html
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Thanks, I will Archive and Install tonight and try this out. It seems I have NEVER had luck with any package manager since they don't seem to interact with the libraries that are already shipped with OSX and I run into numerous issues. I tried approximately 10 Mac Trac installation tutorials and none have worked. But I'll happily try this one.
 
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