[Bug 1819949] Re: ZSH not working

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Mohammad,

Mohammad Shoriful Islam Ronju wrote:
> https://linuxhint.com/install_zsh_shell_ubuntu_1804/

Ok, according to this tutorial(*) that prompt in your screenshot is
the default prompt from oh-my-zsh -- which doesn't come from any
official Ubuntu repo.

So please disable oh-my-zsh first and see if that fixes the issue
already.

If that doesn't fix the issue, please check if running "zsh -f"
(disables the parsing of .zshrc; call it e.g. from bash) still shows
the issue.

If "zsh -f" shows the issue, there is definitively a bug, either in
zsh or the terminal. (Since zsh seems to start at least and does not
crash, it might also be a terminal issue.)

If "zsh -f" works fine, you need to start commenting lines from your
.zshrc until the issue vanishes. The last line you commented out then
likely caused the issue. If that line is known, one can continue to
figure out why that line causes this issue.

It might also be helpful if you could post the output of
"/usr/share/bug/zsh 3>&1" to see which other packages on your system
provide zsh-sourced files.

Footnotes:

(*) IMHO this tutotal is crap:

    * "whereis" is overkill if you can use "which"
    * The user shoudn't use usermod as root (sudo …) to change a user shell
      but chsh (as you did).
    * There's no need to reboot just to make a change of a user shell
      effective.

		Regards, Axel
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Title:
  ZSH not working

Status in zsh package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  After installing zsh I couldn't run any commands. After typing command
  like e.g: ls if I press enter it does nothing just plays an error
  sound on Ubuntu 18.10.

  Below is my system spec.

  Laptop: Chuwi Lapbook SE
  Running OS: Ubuntu 18.10
  Processor: Intel Gemini Lake 4100
  RAM: 4GB

  
  Let me know if you need any details.

  Thanks

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