Re: weird k/b problem
Ian Eure wrote:
>
> hmm... i seem to be having strange problems with my keyboard... i'm running a
> current (updated today) hamm... seems like backspace and delete both send a
> delete under X, so i can't backspace at all... seems fine in console mode, at
> least in bash, i can backspace, and delete deletes the character under it. but-
> when i run vncviewer (either svga or x) neither shift key works. it used to be
> that the left shift worked, but the right did nothing, and i put it down to
> the different scancodes the keys generate, but it seems not right that neither
> of them work now. makes typing in drive letters on a windows vnc server
> interesting. :^) anyone have any clue as to why this is happening? i remember
> installing a new linux termcap with one of the previous updates i did, or it
> might be the new 2.0.34 kernel i'm running. suggestions?
>
FWIW: Are you sure you mean termcap and not terminfo? If it works in the
console but not x, check your xterm terminfo file and see if its in sync
with the linux terminfo file for the console. The relevant entries are
'kbs' and 'kdch1'.
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Ed
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