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Re: No Backspace in X



Try adding the following line to /etc/X11/Xmodmap

keycode  22 = BackSpace

and restart X. This might help if you are not using the XKEYBOARD extension.

Nuno.

> At around Sun, 9 Aug 1998 22:19:22 +1000,
>  Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> may have mentioned:
> 
> > On Sun, Aug 09, 1998 at 11:48:28AM +0200, jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 07, 1998 at 10:40:22PM -0500, Matthew Myers wrote:
> > > [backspace problem in X]
> > > > Here is my setup:
> > > > 
> > > > Debian 1.3.1
> > > 
> > > Please consider upgrading to Debian 2.0 . In 2.0, consistent handling of
> > > backspace and delete under X has been implemented.
> > 
> > I just installed Debian 2.0 on my Toshiba notebook on Friday,
> > and backspace doesn't work in xterm! Perhaps it is just the keyboard
> > on the thing [I chose standard 102 key keyboard in the setup];
> > I have to use C-h though. Suggestions?
> 
> i had this problem as well -- i looked in my XF86Config file and
> commented out a line having to do w/ XKB.  i think this did the
> trick for me.
> 
> -sen
> 
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