[Intrepid] gnome-terminal keyboard mapping

Soo-Hyun Choi s.choi at hackers.org.uk
Tue Nov 4 14:20:07 UTC 2008


On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Ulf Rompe <Ulf.Rompe at icem.com> wrote:
> Am Montag, den 03.11.2008, 22:39 +0000 schrieb Soo-Hyun Choi:
>> The keyboard is working fine with Firefox, gedit, etc, but it is not
>> working correctly just with gnome-termial - i.e., backspace key
>> doesn't work and the arrow keys doesn't work correctly. (When I press
>> those keys, some weird characters are printed.)
>
> Regarding the backspace key, you might try to change the backspace
> behaviour in the compatibility tab of the profile settings.
>

I have tried this thing in the profile settings with no success.

> Do you have some non standard settings in ~/.inputrc or /etc/inputrc?

I don't have ~/.inputrc file, but I have attached my /etc/inputrc as the below.

> What is your shell? Does it work correctly on the console (Ctrl-Alt-F1
> to jump to the console, Ctrl-Alt-F7 to get back to X)? Does it work when
> using a different terminal emulator like xterm?

Yes, Ctrl-Alt-F1 and Ctrl-Alt-F7 worked fine. The backspace key and
other mal-functioning keys are working fine with Xterm. Those keys are
not working correctly just with gnome-terminal. So weird!


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