Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,
I believe if you choose the keyboard type correctly when you do XF86Config,
the key mapping should be set right basically. So I would check the
XF86Config, make sure the keyboard selection is OK.
You may also look at the file .Xmodmap in /etc/X11 directory ( It may not in
the same directory on your machine). It is a system wide modmap file. It has
the key mapping information. or you can create your own .Xmodmap at your
home directory. The file Xinitrc should call it when xstarts.
Unfortunately, setting keymapping is far complicated. type man xmodmap for
how to manually set key mapping.
Good Luck
Daniel
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>
To: LeeE@spatial.freeserve.co.uk <LeeE@spatial.freeserve.co.uk>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Friday, August 06, 1999 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,
>*- On 6 Aug, Lee Elliott wrote about "Re: backspace character does not
exists in xterm,"
>> Hello J.H.M.,
>>
>> On 02-Aug-99, you wrote:
>>
>> JD\> On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 15:39:17 -0700, Oz Dror wrote:
>> JD\>> On xterm I have to type crtl-h to generate the backspace character
>> JD\>
>> JD\> The consistent keyboard behaviour implementation for X relies on
>> JD\> the use of the X Keyboard Extension. Make sure you don't have a
>> JD\> "XkbDisable" in /etc/X11/XF86Config.
>> JD\>
>> JD\> HTH,
>> JD\> Ray
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried commenting this entry out of my XF86Config and on reloading, the
>> keyboard mapping was unusable. I eventually found the return key was
>> now my R-alt key, and the two lower alpha rows on the keyboard were
>> mapped six keys to the left, amongst the random mappings on the rest of
>> 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
>> 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.
>>
>> Any hints or tips on what should be done before enabling the X Keyboard
>> Extension?
>>
>
>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
>won't start anything up) and then edit the config file. If you use
>lilo to boot you can get the lilo prompt and enter your label for linux
>followed my 'single', i.e.
>
>LILO: linux single
>
>If you use loadlin just add single to the loadlin command line.
>Another option is to boot with the Debian rescue disk, hit enter at the
>boot: prompt and wait for the color selection dialog to come up. Then
>hit alt-f2 and enter. Now mount your linux partition that has the
>config file on it and edit it with ae editor that is on the rescue
>floppy.
>
>There is certainly no need to reinstall the os for a broken config file.
>
>--
>Brian
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