SSH to debian box doesn't transmit ins, home, page up etc...

deej_1977 · 09-17-2006, 09:27 AM

Hi all,

I wanted to get to know Debian so I installed a Debian 3.1 minimal install and added only SSH as a daemon. The funny thing is when I connect with Putty from my Windows box to the Debian box, I can't use the home, end, page up, page down, insert & delete buttons :/. This makes amongst other things zifting through text with more or editing long command lines pretty annoying. Keyboard does work fine directly on the box though.

Anyone ran into this before and knows how to solve this?

It's a Belgian keyboard btw.

Feedback much appreciated!

deej

jiml8 · 09-17-2006, 09:42 AM

Can't help you with putty because I don't use it. However the functions you are asking about would not be transmitted to the linux box anyway because they all work on the local buffer (which is to say; they work with the data that is stored in putty).

You should give cygwin a whirl. Install it and cygwin-X on the Windows box, then using SSH you can establish X-sessions with the linux box. By doing this, you can run an editor on the linux box and have the display for that editor visible on your Windows machine. If your connection is good, you will find the speed to be quite acceptable.

deej_1977 · 09-17-2006, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jiml8

Can't help you with putty because I don't use it. However the functions you are asking about would not be transmitted to the linux box anyway because they all work on the local buffer (which is to say; they work with the data that is stored in putty).

Are you sure? Because ssh'in to my Fedora box does transmit all the homes, inserts etc...

deej_1977 · 09-18-2006, 11:38 AM

I narrowed it down, it seems it's only the bash shell that gives me trouble since when I nano files, all the key sequences are handled correctly.

I'm still seeking some help on this one. Any ideas community?

deej_1977 · 09-18-2006, 12:40 PM

Well I fixed it. Had to uncomment the following lines in /etc/inputrc:

Code:

# allow the use of the Home/End keys
"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
"\e[4~": end-of-line

# allow the use of the Delete/Insert keys
"\e[3~": delete-char
"\e[2~": quoted-insert

# mappings for "page up" and "page down" to step to the beginning/end 
# of the history
"\e[5~": beginning-of-history
"\e[6~": end-of-history

mastrboy · 09-19-2006, 06:00 AM

This command should do the trick:

Code:

export TERM='linux'

deej_1977 · 09-20-2006, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mastrboy

This command should do the trick:

Code:

export TERM='linux'

Ah I will try that. Do I just run that as root and it'll stay permanent?

EDIT: nvm I added it to .bashrc, solves it. Thank you very much Masterboy!