In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Matthew Myers wrote: > >> I am having trouble with my backspace key in X. It acts as the delete >> key rather than the backspace, deleting characters after the cursor >> rather than backspacing over them. > >Hi, > >edit /etc/X11/Xmodmap and put something like this: > >keycode 22 = BackSpace >keycode 107 = Delete > >You are using Debian 1.3? I have installed Debian 2.0 and it exhibits the >same problem... at least for me. I have to add the above so that I can use >the Backspace and the Delete key.
You shouldn't have to do this, it might indicate something else is wrong with your system/setup. What output do you get from the following commands? stty -a echo $TERM dpkg -l ncurses-base
