Quoting John Bagdanoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Once I try to login after booting, my 's' key just beeps at me! So > 'startx' won't work because I have no 's'... just a beep. > > And, in mc, I get a 'warning, cant cd into archives'..... probably > because it has an 's' in it. Thinking, it may be the latest bash > upgrade, I wanted to downgrade to the earlier bash that was there. > But, noooooooo, dpkg couldn't find 'bah.deb'. Even though I got the above > warning, mc did show the archives directory. In mc, I was able to use > the 's' key. > So I reboot to 'Linux single', but again, no 's'. bummer. > So I try 'mutt' (thank the gods... No 's' in 'mutt'). Now, I'm > typing this in 'vim' and the 's' (obviously) is working.
Someone lost their E by putting "\eOF":end-of-line <--- correct "\EOF":end-of-line <--- incorrect into .inputrc . Could it be something similar? Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.