Linux – Ubuntu Server: Don’t see the input in terminal

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I have a problem with my Ubuntu server. I start a new remote ssh session (from windows putty or ubuntu client) to my server. After a while (I think it is when I hide the console window), my input is not shown in the console. But when I type for example "ls", I get the listing.

This means that the input was sended, but I don't see it. I can only close the console and start a new ssh session. But the next annoying point is, that when I start a new screen and I have this problem there, it don't go away after reconnecting. I have to restart the screen bash.

Does anyone have an idea whats going wrong? It seems that it is a problem on the server, because I tried with windows and linux with the same result.

thanks
plucked

Best Answer

This can happen after a program dies leaving a terminal in an abnormal state. To fix it temporary you "reset" the terminal with:

$ reset