Description of problem: typing ^A backspace has no effect Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): screen-4.1.0-0.3.20101110git066b098.fc15.i686 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. start screen inside XFCE Terminal or gnome terminal 2. press ^A c to open another screen 3. press ^A backspace to try to invoke prev Actual results: nothing happens Expected results: screen switches goes to the previous screen Additional info: reverting either 8ddf77842aa041ebb6ea4ec793b134a130d78cf3 or 01fbf99748f536519605087d5937761790fc6ded makes the problem go away. Using Session=xfce4, Language=en_US, Layout=de nodeadkeys
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In gnome-terminal backspace generates ascii-del which screen does not recognize as backspace. Try set in setting to generate control-h sequence.
(In reply to comment #2) > In gnome-terminal backspace generates ascii-del which screen does not recognize > as backspace. Try set in setting to generate control-h sequence. This workaround breaks other things. Screen shouldn't depend on what the terminal sends for backspace, as long as it is what stty says.
Or maybe you can try add bind -k kb prev in your ~/.screenrc
indeed, that works fine
fix commited to git -> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/scm-commits/2011-December/695736.html -> modified
screen-4.1.0-0.4.20101110git066b098.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/screen-4.1.0-0.4.20101110git066b098.fc15
Package screen-4.1.0-0.4.20101110git066b098.fc15: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing screen-4.1.0-0.4.20101110git066b098.fc15' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-17299/screen-4.1.0-0.4.20101110git066b098.fc15 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
This is fixed in current updates.
screen-4.1.0-0.4.20101110git066b098.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.