Hello, due to a typo I've unfortunately openned a 'Ctrl- does nothing' subject.
to make things clear, I paste here the answer that solved my case : On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 14:45, Greg Wooledge wrote: [snip] > I've just built 4.1.9(1)-release on Debian 5.0 i386 using no options at > all (straight ./configure and make). > > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1$ ./bash > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1$ echo $BASH_VERSION > 4.1.9(1)-release > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1$ echo $TERM > rxvt > > And... you're right. I press ESC Ctrl-L (I'm in vi mode) and it does > not clear the screen. It simply issues a new prompt on a new line, and, > even stranger, it leaves me in command mode instead of insert mode. > This is very different from the behavior of 4.1.9(1)-release on HP-UX > 10.20, where it *does* clear the screen. (But it still leaves me in > command mode afterward.) > > If I run "set -o emacs" and then press Ctrl-L, the same thing happens -- > the screen is not cleared, but a new prompt is issued on a new line. > Of course, emacs mode doesn't have command/insert modes like vi mode > does, so there's not much additional information I can give there. > > Here's the ./bashbug output from the misbehaving version: > > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i686 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale' > -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -g > -O2 > uname output: Linux arc3 2.6.32-3-686 #1 SMP Thu Feb 25 06:14:20 UTC 2010 > i686 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 4.1 > Patch Level: 9 > Release Status: release > > And here's a comparison of the shared libraries used: > > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1$ ldd ./bash > linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb782e000) > libdl.so.2 => /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7821000) > libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb76c6000) > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb782f000) > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1$ ldd /bin/bash > linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7721000) > libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0xb76e6000) > libdl.so.2 => /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb76e2000) > libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7586000) > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7722000) > > Interesting. I wonder what happens if we tell bash to use curses? > > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1$ ./configure --with-curses > ... > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1$ make > ... > > Crap, libncurses5-dev isn't installed. Fixing that, retrying... in > fact, let's try a vanilla ./configure with that package installed > and see if that fixes things. > > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1# apt-get install libncurses5-dev > ... > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1$ make distclean; ./configure > ... > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1$ make > yacc -d ./parse.y > make: yacc: Command not found > make: *** [y.tab.c] Error 127 > > Damn it! > > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1# apt-get install bison > ... > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1# type yacc > yacc is /usr/bin/yacc > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1$ make > ... > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1$ ldd ./bash > linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7774000) > libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0xb7739000) > libdl.so.2 => /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7735000) > libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb75d9000) > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7775000) > arc3:/tmp/bash-4.1$ ./bash > > And... success! It clears the screen. > > So, it looks like you just need to install libncurses5-dev and try again. > And maybe bison, but only if you're lazy like me and do a distclean > instead of re-extracting the tarball and re-applying all the patches. it does too now Thank you. again sorry for the typo
