[sf-lug] A problem of spacing with terminal

[Bobbie Sellers]

On 08/13/2017 09:24 PM, Alex Kleider wrote:
> On 2017-08-13 21:03, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>> Hi LUGers,
>>
>>     I am having a problem with terminal windows in that the cursor is 
>> coming up
>> on screen about 5 spaces to the left of where the typed characters 
>> will appear.
>> This is somewhat annoying.
>
> What happens when you hit CTRL/ALT/F1 and get ?a 'real terminal'?-  
> just curious.
> a
>
     Well the whole display becomes a terminal and the spacing problem 
is absent but
so is the possibility(for me) of getting back to the DE and continuing 
to work on
the computer until I force a reboot.

     bliss
>
>
>>
>> When I use su - to go into root the spaces are cut back to about 2 
>> from where
>> the characters will appear.
>>
>>     I am using PCLinuxOS64 KDE5 2017.07 and while KDE's Plasma 5 is 
>> notoriously
>> incomplete I have not seen this behavior before and doubt it has to 
>> do with the
>> version of Plasma 5.
>>
>>     And I have gone into the Terminal configuration and see nothing
>> which I could
>> interpret as having anything to do with the cursor spacing.
>>
>>     No answers here and I will simply post the same remarks on Usenet 
>> and/or
>> PCLinux forums.
>>
>>     Bobbie Sellers
>>
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