I'm only having trouble with X.
And I have the same feeling you do--and something, moreover, is
different w/r/t X in 7.1 than it was in 7.0 and all previous Linux
versions I've used, going back to the kernel 1.0 days when I used
slackware.
I just wish I knew what.
kf wrote:
>
> >From what I've been able to discern playing around with this stuff is that
> there's different keyboard mapping programs for the console and for X. In
> fact there's several, perhaps conflicting, programs for X. I've been
> wresting with keyboard mapping for awhile and can't get it to work right.
>
> Are you experiencing this in X or at the console or both?
>
> kf
>
> On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote:
>
> =
> = Sorry for the delayed response; I was on vacation. There was a like a
> = week's delay between my original post and when it showed up on the list
> = . . .
> =
> = Anyway,
> =
> = My /etc/sysconfig/keyboard already looks like that.
> = That's why it works in the console window, I presume.
> =
> = Tried to make that clear in the original mail; guess I didn't.
> =
> = I have worked around it by chaning my stty back to ^C, and mapping my
> = SysRq key
> = to END, and using XTerm's keyboard mapping to map END to ^C, but this
> = seems like
> = a really byzantine way to have to go about it.
> =
> = Any other ideas about what process might be (mis-)translating the darn
> = key for me?
> =
> =
> = Ivan wrote:
> = >
> = > On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> = > > I've installed MDK 7.1 (from scratch--new hard disk). I was previously
> = > > using 7.0.
> = > >
> = > > The backspace is doing that incredibly annoying Linux thing of acting
> = > > like a del key.
> = > > Since I use del an interrupt key (so I can map it to SysRq), this is
> = > > extremely annoying.
> = > >
> = > > My /etc/sysconfig/keyboard is setting the Backspace to Backspace, and
> = > > thus it works as I want in the console.
> = > >
> = > > Under X, "xev" shows that backspace generate a backspace, and delete
> = > > generates a delete, but they both do the same thing. I've tried running
> = > > the International Keyboard program, and not running it.
> = > >
> = > > This is really getting in my way, I *really* hope somebody can help me!!
> = > >
> = > > --
> = > > "Brian, the man from babble-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> = > > Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org
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> = >
> = > Have you tried editing your /etc/sysconfig/keyboard file to read
> = >
> = > BACKSPACE=BackSpace
> = >
> = > I think that is how it should work. In 7.0 it had different syntax that
> = > required it to need the ^H option, so you might try that too. I looked at the
> = > startup services as they were starting to see if the boot was actually doing
> = > the right thing. The nice thing is that this won't completely disable your
> = > system so you can try different things if BackSpace doesn't work.
> = >
> = > Hope this helps.
> = > Ivan
> =
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>
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