Terminal and Console no longer starting

bill_t · 4 May 2025 15:07

If the default installation comes with powerlevel10k as a theme for zsh and the issue is somehow related to NordVPN, this is something to look into:

github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k

Prompt freezes with recent NordVPN version — p10k_nordvpn prompt segment hangs

opened 12:11PM - 29 Apr 25 UTC

wlarch

### Problem After upgrading NordVPN to the latest version, my zsh prompt hangs a…t startup when using Powerlevel10k and the `nordvpn` prompt segment. The issue resolves when I comment `nordvpn` from the segment list in `~/.p10k.zsh`. ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Update NordVPN to latest version. 2. Open zsh with Powerlevel10k configured and `nordvpn` in the segment list. 3. Shell does not display prompt and appears stuck, CPU is idle. 4. Removing `nordvpn` from the segment array fixes the issue. ### Diagnostic Steps & Outputs **a. Powerlevel10k debug output:** Run the following from the affected user: ```shell zsh -xv &> p10k-nordvpn-hang.log ``` ``` +_p9k_set_prompt:46> prompt_nordvpn +prompt_nordvpn:1> unset P9K_NORDVPN_STATUS P9K_NORDVPN_TECHNOLOGY P9K_NORDVPN_PROTOCOL P9K_NORDVPN_IP_ADDRESS P9K_NORDVPN_SERVER P9K_NORDVPN_COUNTRY P9K_NORDVPN_CITY P9K_NORDVPN_COUNTRY_CODE +prompt_nordvpn:2> [[ -e /run/nordvpn/nordvpnd.sock ]] +prompt_nordvpn:3> _p9k_fetch_nordvpn_status ``` `uname -a` Linux 5.15.0-138-generic #148-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 14 19:05:48 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux `lsb_release -a` Distributor ID: Linuxmint Description: Linux Mint 21.2 Release: 21.2 Codename: victoria `zsh --version` zsh 5.8.1 (x86_64-ubuntu-linux-gnu) `nordvpn --version` NordVPN Version 3.20.2 `ls -l /run/nordvpn/nordvpnd.sock` srwxrwx--- 1 root nordvpn 0 Apr 29 07:46 /run/nordvpn/nordvpnd.sock `ps aux | grep nordvpn` root 1491 0.2 0.1 4963524 67028 ? Ssl 07:46 0:04 /usr/sbin/nordvpnd user+ 5199 0.0 0.0 2200800 18264 ? Sl 07:47 0:00 /usr/lib/nordvpn/norduserd `nordvpn status` Status: Disconnected I believe Powerlevel10k prompt is blocking on a call to the new NordVPN daemon/socket or CLI, possibly due to API changes, compatibility, or a delay/hang in detection. Would you like me to try any debugging builds or additional diagnostics?

Try to comment out nordvpn from the list of segments of the theme:

github.com

Chrysostomus/manjaro-zsh-config/blob/master/p10k.zsh#L84


      
          kubecontext             # current kubernetes context (https://kubernetes.io/)
          terraform               # terraform workspace (https://www.terraform.io)
          # terraform_version     # terraform version (https://www.terraform.io)
          aws                     # aws profile (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html)
          aws_eb_env              # aws elastic beanstalk environment (https://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/)
          azure                   # azure account name (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure)
          gcloud                  # google cloud cli account and project (https://cloud.google.com/)
          google_app_cred         # google application credentials (https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production)
          toolbox                 # toolbox name (https://github.com/containers/toolbox)
          context                 # user@hostname
          nordvpn                 # nordvpn connection status, linux only (https://nordvpn.com/)
          ranger                  # ranger shell (https://github.com/ranger/ranger)
          nnn                     # nnn shell (https://github.com/jarun/nnn)
          xplr                    # xplr shell (https://github.com/sayanarijit/xplr)
          vim_shell               # vim shell indicator (:sh)
          midnight_commander      # midnight commander shell (https://midnight-commander.org/)
          nix_shell               # nix shell (https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/developing-with-nix-shell.html)
          vi_mode                 # vi mode (you don't need this if you've enabled prompt_char)
          # vpn_ip                # virtual private network indicator
          # load                  # CPU load
          # disk_usage            # disk usage