Xterms initiated external to our servers running RedHat 6.2 no longer respond to BkSpc and Del keypresses. The symbols returned by these keys used to be "^?" and "^H" and have changed such that both now return "~[[3" which is unrecognized by Exceed or any other X emulation program we have tried. The fact that this issue is not isolated to any one particular emulator and appeared immediately following our 6.2 install indicates this is an issue to be resolved by RedHat. Terminals running directly on the console work without issue. Since our installation of 6.2, remotely displayed xterms do not function correctly. I realize that this has been reported as a bug before; however satisfactory explanation is yet to be given for resolving this problem. Just saying "We've gone to Debian keymapping" or "Modify /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm" is not sufficient. Simply put, the functionality of widely used, existing and correctly functioning applications have suddenly stopped working due to external changes, namely an OS upgrade. These changes have occurred without installation note warnings or instructions regarding how to resolve problems from either the client or the server side. Please either post a downloadable fix or put some sort of detailed instructions for resolving issues related to RedHat's change from previously implemented and widely accepted practices on the RedHat site at an easily accessed location. Steve
Changes to /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm that worked for me [XWin-32 connecting to Linux running xdm]: 1. Removed the whole Intellimouse section. --> Backspace key is back 2. added *sunKeyboard: true --> delete works again under pine works for me ;-)
I am unable to reproduce the situation that you describe. I do not have access to the commercial applications listed to test them, however I've used both Red Hat 6.2 and 7.0 and it works fine for me.