Terminal won't launch

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Terminal won't launch

hello all,
i have a problem with my terminal.app . i cannot launch it . when i double clic on the icone , it seems it first starts then quits right away.
any idea what to do to fix this ?
i use mac OS 10. 2 on an imac G3.

thanks

iMac 233, Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Posted on Feb 16, 2006 11:10 AM

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Answer 1

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ali brown

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Feb 17, 2006 9:03 AM in response to iMarc

Hi iMarc!

Is that the only app or utility, that won't launch?

The first thing to try is, navigate to:

HD > Users > Your Home > Library > Preferences: Trash com.apple.Terminal.plist this file.

Restart the iMac, and try again.

Good Luck!

ali b

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iMarc Author

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Feb 17, 2006 12:10 PM in response to ali brown

more news :
there iS a terminal.app and it does launch :! i had a copy some where else on another partition .
though,still no com.apple.terminal was found .
any idea why ?

il test the terminal.app now and see if its fully working .

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Answer 3

ali brown

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Feb 17, 2006 12:35 PM in response to iMarc

Hi Again marc!

The name of the file I told you to trash is com.apple.Terminal.plist
and is located:

HD > Users > Your Home > Library > Preferences > IN HERE

There should be only one Terminal application,
located:

HD > Applications > Utilities > IN HERE

ali b

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iMarc Author

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Feb 17, 2006 12:05 PM in response to ali brown

bad surprise : no apple.terminal.com file in all my disk 😟
what can this mean , i dont now .
i suppose this isnt normal :/

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Answer 5

Feb 18, 2006 11:48 AM in response to iMarc

Here are files i moved to trash earlier today when my terminal kept giving me a teeny tiny shell square that only showed the red button and I couldn't see anything else or open up the window any further (tiny grey square with red button, totally unusable and couldn't see it for a while because it was behind other windows)

NetworkInterfaces.plist
com.apple.Terminal.plist

after restart, my terminal was okay again.

hope this helps

imac g5 2/20 & B/W G3 (upgraded cpu) Mac OS X (10.4.2 & 10.3.9)

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iMarc Author

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Feb 17, 2006 11:51 AM in response to ali brown

thanks for your reply .
as far as i know yes, it is the only program to crash that way . ill try the thing you suggested and post back .

marc

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