Description of problem: When I telnet to a redhat server at the login prompt my backspace does not work. Currently when I use a backspace it types ^H but I want to use backspace to delete the before character. however the backspace key works after the login but I want to get this work during the login prompt. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Linux 2.4.21-27 Actual results: when backspace key it print ^H Expected results: backspace key should delete the the before character Additional info: using the uk-english keyboard setting
Similar problem after upgrading to 4.4 from 4.3. Noticed in vim sessions, hitting backspace during insert now produces ^?. Only noticed this when using xterm, gnome-term works ok. I had no problems with 4.3. in xterm: stty -a: erase = ^H; Ctrl-v backspace: ^? Ctrl-v Ctrl-backspace: ^H in gnome-terminal: stty -a: erase = ^?; Ctrl-v backspace: ^? Ctrl-v Ctrl-backspace: ^? at console: stty -a: erase = ^?; Ctrl-v backspace: ^? Ctrl-v Ctrl-backspace: ^? Shouldn't backspace emit ^H. I'm not sure what RHEL4.3 emitted (didn't have this problem). Adding the command "stty sane" to my .bashrc is somewhat of a fix. It has the effect of changing erase to be ^?. But of course, I have the same problem whenever I spawn an xterm with an ssh session in it. Any ideas on what could have changed between the 4.3 release and the 4.4 release that could have caused this problem? -brandon
termcaps maybe... depends heavily on the terminal you use! not a telnet bug!
Which terminal are you using? # echo $TERM
Iam using the "ansi" term.
well.. maybe /etc/termcap changed... or /usr/share/terminfo/a/ansi* which means either the package termcap or ncurses. please assign to the component, which changed from release 4.3 to 4.4
For me it is not the case of change in release. My users connect to the server through the command prompt from their windows PC and here at the login prompt the backspace key doesnt work. However this works fine when I use the terminal like putty.
well, that's a common problem... do a google search for this. In some terminals you could specify, what backspace and delete will send... ^H or ^? This is a never ending story :)
In an installation of RHEL4.4 on your end, is erase set to ^? or ^H in xterm? stty -a prints this info out. For me, this changed from 4.3 to 4.4?