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Re: No Backspace in X



In article <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.980808141945.22017B-100000@mail.lasaltech.com> you write:
>On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Matthew Myers wrote:
>
>> I am having trouble with my backspace key in X.  It acts as the delete
>> key rather than the backspace, deleting characters after the cursor
>> rather than backspacing over them. 
>
>Hi,
>
>edit /etc/X11/Xmodmap and put something like this:
>
>keycode 22 = BackSpace
>keycode 107 = Delete
>
>You are using Debian 1.3? I have installed Debian 2.0 and it exhibits the
>same problem... at least for me. I have to add the above so that I can use
>the Backspace and the Delete key. 

You shouldn't have to do this, it might indicate something else is wrong
with your system/setup.

What output do you get from the following commands?
stty -a
echo $TERM
dpkg -l ncurses-base


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