terminal does not let me print my pass word

Bug #116597 reported by rob
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

I wan`ted to install drivers for my nvida graphics card. I typed sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg when my password was asked for I could not print it it was as if the key board was not connected. I have just put Ubuntu 7.04 onto my computer. Also firefox keeps crashing

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 24 22:36:38 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
Package: gnome-terminal 2.18.0-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gnome-terminal
ProcCwd: /home/blaser
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux blaser 2.6.20-15-386 #2 Sun Apr 15 07:34:00 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

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rob (blaser) wrote :
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Emmet Hikory (persia) wrote :

This is intentional. When you are asked for a password when running dpkg-reconfigure, your password is displayed, so that you can safely enter it, even if somebody is looking over your shoulder. Try entering it and pressing enter.

Also, your firefox crash is probably one of those listed at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bugs

Changed in gnome-terminal:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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Emmet Hikory (persia) wrote :

My apologies. I lost a word. That should read "when running dpkg-reconfigure, your password is NOT displayed".

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jtelio (jtelio) wrote :

after i tried unsuccessfully to install my seagate hard drive...tried to partition now i cannot type password in my terminal

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