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Ubuntu is a totally new system for me, and I installed it on virtual box. Today when I tried to open terminal in Ubuntu, it just can't open it. Yesterday I could use the terminal normally, and I changed nothing. The terminal does have a response when I click it, but no window shows up. What's wrong with it, and what should I do?

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  • The terminal is command line based. You type stuff in and it gets executed. You can get more out of it if you just mess around(practicing commands, etc). – Tony Lancer Sep 18 '16 at 22:16
  • Ubuntu comes with two terminals by default: gnome-terminal and xterm. Open the Dash and search for xterm. Open it and try to reinstall gnome-terminal as sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-terminal . xterm by default has very very small font, so you will have to change it via Ctrl_Left button + Right_Click. Let me know if that helps – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Sep 19 '16 at 00:04
  • You can also try calling gnome-terminal from xterm specifically. It should show diagnostic messages in command line. So from xterm type /usr/bin/gnome-terminal and hit enter. Let us know what happens – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Sep 19 '16 at 00:06

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Try pressing Left Alt+F2, and type gnome-terminal into the resulting window. Then press Enter, and see if the terminal appears.

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