Hi,
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:49, James B. Byrne <byrnejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If the logged in session in the terminal window is my own user id
> then the delete key does nothing. If however, I su -l in the same
> terminal window then the delete key removes the character under the
> cursor and left shifts the rest of the line.
>
> I am fairly confident that the delete key worked in the same fashion
> for my usual user id up until quite recently. Does anyone know of
> why or how this behaviour could differ between two separate users in
> the same terminal window?
I believe it is probably something to do with the profile settings of your user.
Does .bash_profile contain these lines?
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
Does .bashrc contain these lines?
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
Are you using the stty command on any of those files?
Are you resetting the value of the TERM variable?
What are the output of "stty" and "echo $TERM" when you run them from
a shell inside your gnome-terminal?
For reference, these are mine:
$ stty
speed 38400 baud; line = 0;
eol = M-^?; eol2 = M-^?; swtch = M-^?;
ixany iutf8
$ echo $TERM
xterm
You can also compare the output of these commands when you run as root
after doing "su -".
If you create a new user account and log in as the new user in GNOME,
open a new gnome-terminal, do the keys work as you expect them to?
HTH,
Filipe
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