just running bless and I get this stack trace:
$ LANG=C bless
(bless:4119): Gtk-WARNING **: 10:26:06.907: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",
(bless:4119): Gtk-WARNING **: 10:26:06.910: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",
Unhandled Exception:
System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Console' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.ConsoleDriver' threw an exception. ---> System.Exception: Magic number is wrong: 542
at System.TermInfoReader.ReadHeader (System.Byte[] buffer, System.Int32& position) [0x0002b] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
at System.TermInfoReader..ctor (System.String term, System.String filename) [0x00065] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
at System.TermInfoDriver..ctor (System.String term) [0x00058] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
at System.ConsoleDriver.CreateTermInfoDriver (System.String term) [0x00000] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
at System.ConsoleDriver..cctor () [0x00062] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Console.SetupStreams (System.Text.Encoding inputEncoding, System.Text.Encoding outputEncoding) [0x0000a] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
at System.Console..cctor () [0x000a8] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at BlessMain.LoadPreferences (System.String path) [0x00026] in <6e90d9da34434b929de225fb2555a7ce>:0
at BlessMain..ctor (System.String[] args) [0x00202] in <6e90d9da34434b929de225fb2555a7ce>:0
at BlessMain.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <6e90d9da34434b929de225fb2555a7ce>:0
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Console' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.ConsoleDriver' threw an exception. ---> System.Exception: Magic number is wrong: 542
at System.TermInfoReader.ReadHeader (System.Byte[] buffer, System.Int32& position) [0x0002b] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
at System.TermInfoReader..ctor (System.String term, System.String filename) [0x00065] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
at System.TermInfoDriver..ctor (System.String term) [0x00058] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
at System.ConsoleDriver.CreateTermInfoDriver (System.String term) [0x00000] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
at System.ConsoleDriver..cctor () [0x00062] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Console.SetupStreams (System.Text.Encoding inputEncoding, System.Text.Encoding outputEncoding) [0x0000a] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
at System.Console..cctor () [0x000a8] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at BlessMain.LoadPreferences (System.String path) [0x00026] in <6e90d9da34434b929de225fb2555a7ce>:0
at BlessMain..ctor (System.String[] args) [0x00202] in <6e90d9da34434b929de225fb2555a7ce>:0
at BlessMain.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <6e90d9da34434b929de225fb2555a7ce>:0
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: bless 0.6.0-5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-13.14-generic 4.18.17
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sat Jan 19 10:19:51 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-08 (1106 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: bless
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-23 (87 days ago)