Lamp has frozen in the terminal and won’t allow me to type in the password?
This textbox defaults to using Markdown to format your answer.
You can type !ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!
Hi there,
That can happen if the terminal is waiting for input but not showing it, for example, when you type a password with sudo, the characters aren’t displayed for security reasons.
Try typing your password normally and press Enter. If it’s truly frozen and not responding at all, press Ctrl + C to cancel the process, or close and reopen the terminal.
Become a contributor for community
Get paid to write technical tutorials and select a tech-focused charity to receive a matching donation.
DigitalOcean Documentation
Full documentation for every DigitalOcean product.
Resources for startups and SMBs
The Wave has everything you need to know about building a business, from raising funding to marketing your product.
The developer cloud
Scale up as you grow — whether you're running one virtual machine or ten thousand.
Get started for free
Sign up and get $200 in credit for your first 60 days with DigitalOcean.*
*This promotional offer applies to new accounts only.