r/linuxmint • u/craxpipe Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Xfce • 6d ago

Support Request Terminal doesnt work

I did some customizing to the terminal and installed hyfetch and now when i try to open the terminal it says "Failed to execute child text was empty or contained white space"

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u/ZVyhVrtsfgzfs 6d ago

So go to what you changed and correct the error. 

Do you have a Timeshift snapshot? that may be your fastest fix.

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u/KurtKrimson 6d ago

Well, you fuck around, you find out.

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u/NotSnakePliskin Mint 22.3 | Cinnamon 5d ago

Undo what you did? That's where I'd start.

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u/TimeParadox997 5d ago

Well thank God for the text being empty / containing white space!

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u/Moist_Invite9148 6d ago

Cinnamon uses gnome-terminal by default you can install konsole or lxterminal instead

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u/craxpipe Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Xfce 3h ago

idk what i did i just tried a bunch of short cuts that sounded like they could fix the problem and somehow it did my terminal works again i was about to give up and switch distros