On Fri, 2001-10-26 at 09:12, Wayne Gowcher wrote: > Dear All, > > I am having a problem with the backspace key on a > virtual terminal on a 2.4.2 kernel. If I hit backspace > when there is input at the command line - no problem > it deletes the character before the cursor. > But if I press backspace when there are no characters > at the command prompt, the kernel throws an oops. The > process causing the oops is Bash. > Note, on the Serial console, backspace works fine all > the time. I'll make a guess. With no input at the line, when you hit backspace, the shell is probably generating a beep. Your kernel is not handling that. I don't remember exactly where the "beep code" was but you can probably find it pretty quickly. Pete > > Has anyone ever seen anything like this ? If you have > how did you solve it ? > > Does anyone know the program flow / program details of > what happens when backspace is pressed eg : > > Key In > Key passed to Routine X > Routine X > passes it to Routine Y etc > Bash receives key. > > Or could someone point me to a doc that may explain > this ? > > Thx > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com
