Re: Backspace key wont work RESPOND ASAP!

1999-01-06 Thread LeRoy D. Cressy
Hi AJ, Why not try changing your terminal type to something like vt100 with the command: TERM=vt100 Also find out what the current value for TERM is before changing its value. echo $TERM AEleen Frisch in her book describes a fix for a corrupted back space key if it is showing either ^h or ^?

Re: Backspace key wont work RESPOND ASAP!

1999-01-06 Thread Daniel Elenius
AJ writes: >Ok.. i just used apt-get -f upgrade to upgrade about 300 libraries.. and >now when i try to bakcspace (backspace) it wont work.. is there anything >wrong with my keyboard layout or something? or is it terminal type or is >it xterm? or windowmaker?? > What programs has it stopped workin

Re: Backspace key wont work RESPOND ASAP!

1999-01-06 Thread AJ
i figured it out.. someone on #debian said that the x junk was totally redone and there we libraries missing.. so i fixed it.. thanx anyway, AJ Strid3r wrote: > On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 06:51:14PM -0500, AJ wrote: > > Ok.. i just used apt-get -f upgrade to upgrade about 300 libraries.. and > > n

Re: Backspace key wont work RESPOND ASAP

1999-01-06 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
Hello AJ: >>or is it terminal type or is it xterm? or windowmaker?? I gather from what U have said that U R running WindowMaker Xwm. I request you to visit a wonderful site on the Keyboarding problems at http://www.ibbnet.nl/~anne/keyboard.html (Tnx toa similar fix given to me by our fellow l

Re: Backspace key wont work RESPOND ASAP!

1999-01-06 Thread Strid3r
On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 06:51:14PM -0500, AJ wrote: > Ok.. i just used apt-get -f upgrade to upgrade about 300 libraries.. and > now when i try to bakcspace (backspace) it wont work.. is there anything > wrong with my keyboard layout or something? or is it terminal type or is > it xterm? or windowm