Re: Can't use some characters in xterm/console

2006-03-14 Thread Craig
I suggested something along those lines and got the email equivalent of a blank look. -- Best regards, Craig http://slashboot.org/ Andreas Kahari wrote: On 14/03/06, Andris Delfino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I use the ksh shell. Tried csh in an xterm, no problem there (I can use the charact

Re: Can't use some characters in xterm/console

2006-03-14 Thread Andreas Kahari
On 14/03/06, David T Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It depends on what's currently in your .kshrc file. > If you want you can just backup your current .kshrc file > to some other filename, and then try ksh. If you still > have problems then it's probably not a problem with your > local settin

Re: Can't use some characters in xterm/console

2006-03-14 Thread Craig
I might be barking up the wrong tree here, but is it a coincidence that the letters affected are s and q, when you look at the default content of dot.profile ? Have a look at your .profile file and make sure that the tset line is in good shape. It should read: if [ -x /usr/bin/tset ]; then

Re: Can't use some characters in xterm/console

2006-03-14 Thread Andreas Kahari
On 14/03/06, Andris Delfino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use the ksh shell. Tried csh in an xterm, no problem there (I can > use the characters there). So, is something I can tweak to make them > work in ksh? Sounds to me you want to "un-tweak" something that you've been tweaking... Have a look

Re: Can't use some characters in xterm/console

2006-03-14 Thread David T Harris
It depends on what's currently in your .kshrc file. If you want you can just backup your current .kshrc file to some other filename, and then try ksh. If you still have problems then it's probably not a problem with your local settings, but rather with your global ksh settings. If that's the ca

Re: Can't use some characters in xterm/console

2006-03-14 Thread Andrés Delfino
I use the ksh shell. Tried csh in an xterm, no problem there (I can use the characters there). So, is something I can tweak to make them work in ksh? On 3/14/06, David T Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually if you're having the same problems on a tty, > you might want to ssh in remotely an

Re: Can't use some characters in xterm/console

2006-03-14 Thread David T Harris
Actually if you're having the same problems on a tty, you might want to ssh in remotely and change your default shell, to see if it's a problem with some config setting in your .kshrc or .bashrc, etc... Have you tried logging in as a different user? Do you still have the same problems regardles

Re: Can't use some characters in xterm/console

2006-03-14 Thread David T Harris
What exactly happens when you hit the "q" or "s" characters on your keyboard? Do you have some other application launch, or some funky character appear somewhere, etc...? Just wondering because sometimes if you have a keyboard combination shortcut defined in your window manager's config file, tho

Can't use some characters in xterm/console

2006-03-14 Thread Andrés Delfino
Hi, my problem is that I can't use characters like "q" or "s" in xterm or a console. When I'm about to login, I can use that characters, but once logged, no. Is there something I can do? Thanks