In previous RH releases, *including the RH62. BETA*, you could change the Backspace key to emit ^H by putting this in your $HOME/.Xdefaults: # Fix backspace key *ttyModes: erase ^H # End Fix backspace key This was a minor change that our users got used to having to make. In the released RH6.2, this doesn't work anymore. No matter what you do with this, the Backspace key emits ^? (0x7f). This is a real issue with cross platform compatibility, as most Unixes and Windows expect to see ^H to backspace a character. And now there seems to be no way to convince the Backspace key to work properly. If there is a newer method for changing the Backspace key to emit ^H, it needs to be documented. -Rick Richardson (rick)
If you need to change the key bindings, you can need to override the keybindings specified in /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm with your own settings in $HOME/.Xresources. ! keyboard setup *VT100*backarrowKey: true