When I open terminal, it opens a blank screen, and when i type in a command, nothing happens. Using 10.5.8. Also happens on both versions of iTerm. Happened after experimenting with shell scripts and applescript.
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Terminal Broken in Leopard
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Do you have a back up?
What scripts did you run?
Did you run disc utility?
No prompt or anything on the screen?
Cheers
I suspect you munged up one of the resource scripts...There's a script that runs when you open terminal. Unfortunately I've been retired too long to remember exactly what it's called on OSx. On a unix system it's like bash.rc or some such. when you open terminal or similar you are basically opening a *nix shell.
Ah, perfect thanks, I totally forgot about this.
@shardbearer
Be careful doing this!
You can wreck your user quick so do at your own risk.
That being said lets see if we can fix the issue:
Go to system preferences:accounts and unlock the accounts pane.
Right click on your user and select advanced options: Where you see the default shell make sure bash is selected. If it is change your default shell to a different one and reboot. If the terminal works then your bash shell is bad. If not then you have bigger issues.
Cheers