tag 481759 unreproducible thanks The testcase with aptitude works for me on amd64. Could you please run the "stty" command, so that we can compare our output? Mine is: speed 38400 baud; line = 0; -brkint -imaxbel iutf8 and, what's your $TERM? What are your konsole settings, in particular, Settings -> Keyboard? (or, better, attach $HOME/.kde/share/config/konsolerc) -- Alexander E. Patrakov