[ubuntu-in] Keyboard Problem in Ubuntu(BackSpace key is not working)

[Onkar Shinde]

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Ravi Joshi<ravi.joshi53 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> hi..
>   i have installed ubuntu 9.04 in my laptop DELL VOSTRO 1510,i want to
> create a C file(.c file).so i type vi filename.c in command prompt the file
> named filename will open in that command prompt . then i press i for
> input.nothing happaned in first time but when i press i second time i is
> visible in the file.then i press backspace to delete that i because i want
> to type #include instead of i .nothing happaned. and one thing also that the
> right, left, up, down key is also not working.

It is not keyboard problem. It is vi problem. The vi installed by
default is the minimal version which behaves similar to unix version
of vi.
You should install vim package using either apt-get or synaptic
package manager (provided you have internet connection).


Onkar