Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 21:30:42 +0200 From: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> To: Yong Lim <yong@csfi.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: backspace. . . Message-ID: <20000331213042.O2381@draenor.org> In-Reply-To: <NDBBLNEEEKNNPEMEDDDKMEMCCEAA.yong@csfi.com>; from yong@csfi.com on Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 02:20:55PM -0500 References: <38E4AF81.167EB0E7@worldy.com> <NDBBLNEEEKNNPEMEDDDKMEMCCEAA.yong@csfi.com>
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I don't know what causes it but you can fix it by adding=20 stty erase =08 to root's shell login file. Cheers, Marc On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 02:20:55PM -0500, Yong Lim wrote: > Hi, > I just installed FreeBSD 4R, Window Maker 6.11 and rxvt 2.72. A curio= us > problem occurs. Running the default XTerm from inside WM my backspace wo= rks > fine as delete for root and users. Running rxvt as users backspace still > works fine as delete. If I su to root from running rxvt as user, backspa= ce > will not work as delete. If I run rxvt as root backspace will not work. > What would cause rxvt to remap the backspace just for root? > Anyone encountered this before? I am searching through the mail archi= ve > at freebsd.org and nothing turn up yet. >=20 > Yong >=20 >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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