Re: Bug#25689: xbase: Delete mapping in Xresources wrong if connecting from remote

[Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>]

Christoph Martin wrote:
>Brian May writes:
> > Branden Robinson wrote:
> > >> >No, wrong. xev shows that the xserver generates correct Backspace and
> > >> >Delete keycodes.=20
> > >>=20
> > >> Somehow xterm is receiving Backspace as Delete, because the key
> > >> translations in /etc/X11/Xresources don't affect Backspace.
> > >
> > >They do as of xfree86 3.3.2.3-1, per Ian Jackson's recommendation.  (Old
> > >xterms on remote hosts don't understand the *VT100.backarrowKey resource).
> > 
> > I was under the impression that the xterm in question was running on the
> > (hamm?) Debian host.
>
>Correct. xterm on remote Debian hamm host. But Xresources on local
>(non Debian hamm) host.

Arrhh.... I understand now. So you think that the Debian /etc/X11/Xresources
is never read...

I don't think this is the case though, as the original poster of the bug
said that if he deleted the entry on the Debian /etc/X11/Xresources,
then it would work...

Anyway, I always thought /etc/X11/Xresources was loaded into
the server (non-Debian, local) by the client (Debian, remote)
executing the equiv of a xrdb command... I might be wrong...

I don't understand why there should be a problem, and probably would need
to be able to reproduce the problem for myself.

Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>