[SOLVED] "x" key does not work on xterm

taespark · 07-04-2011, 07:04 AM

Hi,

It used to work. I had no problem typing the letter "x" on my xterm. But starting yesterday, pressing "x" key does not print anything on xterm. I first thought it was bad keyboard, so I replaced with a new one, but the problem still exists. Strangely, the "x" key works if I am in the vi editor or su to root. So, my guess is I have accidentally set the "x" key to do something in xterm, but I do not know how to reset it. I tried the "reset" command, but that does not work. Any suggestion? thank you so much !

taespark · 07-04-2011, 11:28 AM

Ahh!! problem solved

I had put the following line in .inputrc file

xset b off

thinking that was to turn off the beep in xterm

But that line caused the "x" key to not work in xterm. When I removed the line, the problem went away

Cheers!

TobiSGD · 07-04-2011, 11:41 AM

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tommyttt · 07-05-2011, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taespark

Ahh!! problem solved

I had put the following line in .inputrc file

xset b off

thinking that was to turn off the beep in xterm

But that line caused the "x" key to not work in xterm. When I removed the line, the problem went away

Cheers!

So, did you figure out how to turn the beep off? If you're using KDE 4+ desktop, go to Start > Configure Desktop > Applications & System Notifications > Manage Notifications > Player Settings and click the "no audio output" button.

Tom

taespark · 07-05-2011, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

Thanks for posting back your solution. Please mark your thread as solved using the thread tools on top of the thread.

yes, done

taespark · 07-05-2011, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommyttt

So, did you figure out how to turn the beep off? If you're using KDE 4+ desktop, go to Start > Configure Desktop > Applications & System Notifications > Manage Notifications > Player Settings and click the "no audio output" button.

Tom

Thanks for the suggestion.
Yes, I did turn it off using the method in this URL

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-...-for-terminal/