After a long while of frustration with lynx not dealing with the numeric keypad properly (it would not give me numbers... the numlock key was ignored but it worked fine in bash) I decided to investigate sooo...
I compiled lynx (latest unstable) and installed it. Problem remained. I compiled ncurses (latest version) and installed it. Problem remained. I purged packages belonging to both incase there was some residual stuff and the problem remained. I, just now, compiled xterm and installed it. Problem went away. Woohoo! So... did I miss something in a config file somewhere or is the debian supplied xterm truly broken? -- CaT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 'He had position, but I was determined to score.' -- Worf, DS9, Season 5: 'Let He Who Is Without Sin...'