Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:48:25 -0500 From: Mark Hendriks <markh@lon.imag.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: backspace. . . Message-ID: <00033118500100.00236@mymachine.imag.net> References: <NDBBLNEEEKNNPEMEDDDKMEMCCEAA.yong@csfi.com>
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Yong Lim wrote: > Hi, > I just installed FreeBSD 4R, Window Maker 6.11 and rxvt 2.72. A curious > problem occurs. Running the default XTerm from inside WM my backspace works > 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, backspace > 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 archive > at freebsd.org and nothing turn up yet. Are you running the same shell for root as you are running as a user? The backspace key doesn't work in sh, but it does in bash. -- Mark Hendriks markh@lon.imag.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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