backspace key not working

[PerryG]

I installed RH 7.1 and the backspace key does not work.....is this the default behaviour and is there a way to enable it? The backspace key works fine on the machines at school, so there must have been something I did wrong during the install. Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Perry

 

[CaKiwi]

I'm sure there is a setup parameter that one of the linux experts may help you with but in the mean time try typing in:

stty erase ^H

where ^H is the backspace key. CaKiwi

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Assuming you mean in X, one way to reconfigure the keyboard is to use the xkeycaps add-on utility for XFree86 --> ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-7.1-en/powertools/i386/RedHat/RPMS/xkeycaps-2.46-3.i386.rpm

Download that rpm and install as root with :

rpm -Uvh xkeycaps*.rpm

then run 'xkeycaps' to get a graphical config tool.

You can also just edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (for XFree86 4.x.x) file and edit the 'Section "InputDevice" ' block for the keyboard - it probably just has the wrong country map.

Hope this helps

 

[Psychoid]

Another possibility is that you're using a different shell than the one at school (ie at school, you run bash, but your new box is running bourne). ------------
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