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Can't open terminal

Posted on October 3, 2018

When I connect to my droplet with VNC I can’t open the terminal application. You may say “oh just use ssh” or “use the terminal on the website”, but I wan’t to use the terminal in VNC.



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This question was answered by @X40C:

Try installing xterm and see if that one opens. You can also try reinstalling you current terminal as well.

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