shell in XFCE4 don't accept kinds of chars

EAD · 07-20-2006, 03:18 AM

hii, I am using Gentoo and XFCE4, and when I open the default shell there.
when pressing things like tab or "home" and so on, I get only ~ or strength things, How can I fix it so it will accept theses speical chars?
btw, in the text shell (not X) I have no problem.

Tinkster · 07-20-2006, 03:45 AM

Which terminal emulator are you using, do you get the same behaviour with others?

Cheers,
Tink

EAD · 07-20-2006, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster

Which terminal emulator are you using, do you get the same behaviour with others?

Cheers,
Tink

Well I am using the deafult one, any way it does accpet tabs, but not PGUP and so on from the numric pad, why is my numric pad is disabled??

burninGpi · 07-20-2006, 01:13 PM

paste the output of

Code:

echo $SHELL

Tinkster · 07-20-2006, 01:22 PM

And does it work in others than your "default one"?
xterm, aterm, eterm, rxvt, ... all show the same behviour?

Cheers,
Tink

EAD · 07-20-2006, 03:56 PM

echo $SHELL
return /bin/bash

when I use xtrem everything works good, So what can be the problem? also I have a strength slow down problem, when using XFCE4, sometimes when movin from one windows to other, until I am doint "alt+tab" for some time, and then it come back to life.
Any one?

burninGpi · 07-20-2006, 05:51 PM

bash should recognize them. do the arrow keys work?

Tinkster · 07-21-2006, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EAD

echo $SHELL
return /bin/bash

when I use xtrem everything works good, So what can be the problem?

Your terminal emulator - which is why I keep asking you
what you're using. "The default" doesn't help much because
I a) don't use Xfce myself and b) even if I did I wouldn't have
a clue which modifications to what you think off as a default
your distribution may have done.

Quote:

Originally Posted by EAD

also I have a strength slow down problem, when using XFCE4, sometimes when movin from one windows to other, until I am doint "alt+tab" for some time, and then it come back to life.
Any one?
:confused:

I haven't got the foggiest idea what you're trying to say here...

Cheers,
Tink

EAD · 07-21-2006, 09:48 AM

Ok, I meant that when I press in the numpad things like "home" or "pgup" and so on, it put ~ on screen, How to fix it up??

jayemef · 07-21-2006, 10:13 AM

Please print the output of the following commands:

Code:

$ cat /etc/inputrc
$ printenv | egrep -i \(term\|lang\)

Also, while at a terminal, press Ctrl+v and then press one of the buttons that is not working. This should return a code. Please print those codes here as well, corresponding with the button(s) you pressed.