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#1 2018-10-22 12:49:46

mrleet
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Registered: 2018-10-22
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[SOLVED] terminal text unreadable

i have just installed arch in my virtualbox and started using xfce as my desktop environment. everything was fine except when i fired up the terminal the text was completely gibberish. screenshot below.
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Last edited by mrleet (2018-10-22 14:01:09)

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#2 2018-10-22 12:52:18

Slithery
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Re: [SOLVED] terminal text unreadable

Install a monospace font and then configure your terminal emulator to use it.


No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
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#3 2018-10-22 13:05:58

mrleet
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Re: [SOLVED] terminal text unreadable

thank you mr. slithery. do i need to delete this stupid post?

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#4 2018-10-22 13:38:35

V1del
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Re: [SOLVED] terminal text unreadable

No, people might be in a similar situation and learn something from it, post blanking is actively discouraged. You can mark it as [SOLVED] by editing the title in your first post. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

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