Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,
*- On 6 Aug, Samuel R. Scarano wrote about "Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,"
> [snip]
>>> leaving me with a completely unusable system. Fortunately I'm just
>>> using this system to learn with so I didn't mind having to completely
>>> re-install from scratch to get around this. A rather drastic solution
>>> though.
> [snip]
>> Ouch!! How do you boot into linux? There are several ways to avoid
>> a reinstall. One way to fix this is to boot into single user mode(which
>
> That, too, is overkill. Just press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to a virtual
> console where getty is waiting to log you in.
>
Read his post again. He said he couldn't find the correct keys with the
keymap all out of wack to switch to a console.
*- On 6 Aug, Lee Elliott wrote about "Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,"
> the keyboard. I couldn't find the right combination to get to a
> console and as xdm was installed, the system went straight into X
--
Brian
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