I am getting a ^H when the backspace key is pressed. The only time that it happens is on the initial login of a telnet session. Everything is good at the console and my serial Getty's. Any suggestions would be greatly apperciated.

. The only time that it happens is on the initial login of a telnet session. Everything is good at the console and my serial Getty's. Any suggestions would be greatly apperciated.

There are two ways to delete, "Backspace" and "Delete". Unfortunately, there is really no agreement on which is the "real" delete, and so some programs are set up so that "backspace" erases a character and moves the cursor left, while the other just spits out "^H"; but then other programs have it the other way around. Some programs try to help by automatically swapping the two, but it only confuses the issue. :P If you think this is dumb, you're not alone.

Anyway, there are other ways to get the backspace that you want. Try Shift-Bksp, or Ctrl-Bksp, or using the Delete key or whatever else might be available.

As for how to set it so that all programs are consistent --well, good luck.

This is a carry-over from Unix, so it might not work..... but you can try:

stty erase ^H

You generate the ^H by hitting your backspace key. If it works you can put it in your .profile or the initialisation file for whatever your default shell is, and not have to worry about it again.