backspace changes line, doesn't delete

lugoteehalt · 10-20-2003, 05:24 AM

Backspace has started moving to the next line:

fred@localhost$ somethy<backspace>
fred@localhost$

but does nothing - not like return.

Just fairly radically altered runlevel 4, changing /etc/rc4.d ?? by removing things like ppp alsa cron.

Backspace works correctly in default run level 2.

Thanks any help.

clacour · 10-21-2003, 08:55 PM

Can't offer much help on what's causing it (although you might check the LANG variable in each runlevel), but I can tell you how to fix it:

Enter "stty erase <hit backspace key>"

and then hit enter.

It's been a long time since I've seen a Linux box that had that issue. Bash's built-in input editor (readline) should have no trouble at all understanding a backspace. (If you're in X, it's a different set of rules, and X may be doing something funky before bash ever sees it.)

Hope this helps,

CHL

lugoteehalt · 10-22-2003, 04:51 AM

Great thanks. Probably taken me months to find that out.