# Console broken - not showing prompt

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-broken-not-showing-prompt/87248>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 1, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-broken-not-showing-prompt/87248 "2007-03-01T05:42:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![dang](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@dang](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dang)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/console-broken-not-showing-prompt/87248/1 "2007-03-01T05:42:17Z")

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Hi all,

I’m having some fun with my console which is starting to get a little  
frustrating. When I start the console I get the usual “Loading  
development environment” message, but the prompt never appears. After a  
couple of seconds I can type in the console, but when I press enter the  
input is simply echoed. The problem occurs no matter which environment I  
try to load.

I can run the console for other apps on the same machine, so it doesn’t  
seem to be a ruby problem, just something gone wacky with that  
application.

Any ideas of a sensible place to start digging?

thanks,  
Dan