I fixed my problem with backspace not working under X - I edited /etc/X11/Xmodmap so the following lines were uncommented: keycode 22 = BackSpace keycode 107 = Delete I still have no idea how the problem started, but a working solution is good enough for me. - Doug -- _____________________________________________________________ Network Operations Engineer - Big Pond Advance Satellite Ericsson Australia - Level 5, 184 The Broadway, Sydney 2000 Ph: +61-416-085-390 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug