Bug#948604: terminal.app: cannot change to root within terminal, keyboard does not work

hallo, thanks for responding! have tried it again, just by typing the password blindly, it does work now! I am a newbee on working with Debian as an OS, I do have the book " debian 9" by Koen Wybo in order to learn as much as I can, but missed the, indeed, obvious! really did not have a clue!

Bug#948604: terminal.app: cannot change to root within terminal, keyboard does not work

Hi Arnoud Just to clear the obvious, you did type your password blindly, followed by enter/return? Because the password input gives no feedback on keyboard input. Best,