After upgrading from LMDE2 to LMDE3 (both 64bit) bash does not work and can not be started (CTRL-t)

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After upgrading from LMDE2 to LMDE3 (both 64bit) bash does not work and can not be started (CTRL-t)

Post by runs_on_espresso »

Hey folks,

I upgraded LMDE2 to LMDE3 and the migration worked fine.
After the reboot I wanted to open a bash (CTRL-T) but nothing happened.
I opened the start menu and klickt on the bash button: nothing happend.

The only way to get to the bash is the ttyX (CTRL-ALT-Fx).
But I want to use the bash within Cinnamon.

What I tried so far:
dpkg --configure bash
and got the following result
error processing package bash
package bash iis installed and configured
Errors were encountered while processing
bash

Also tried.


sudo apt-get install && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get --reinstall install bash
sudo apt-get install -f

Since I am using bash in tty I am not able to remove and install bash from scratch.

Do you have any ideas how to solve this?
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Re: After upgrading from LMDE2 to LMDE3 (both 64bit) bash does not work and can not be started (CTRL-t)

Post by smurphos »

I doubt very much that your problem is with the bash shell per-se but rather with the terminal emulator app that can use bash as the command interpreter.

The default terminal emulator in LMDE Cinnamon should be gnome-terminal. I'd suggest as a starting point using Synaptic to purge and reinstall it and see if that fixes the issue.
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Re: After upgrading from LMDE2 to LMDE3 (both 64bit) bash does not work and can not be started (CTRL-t)

Post by gm10 »

runs_on_espresso wrote: Mon Oct 01, 2018 8:02 pm After the reboot I wanted to open a bash (CTRL-T) but nothing happened.
The default keybind is Ctrl+Alt+t. If you are using a custom keybind, you may have to update the command it points to. The same goes for your menu entry - there is no "bash" menu entry by default.

You can also run commands via Alt+F2 by the way.
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