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Re: Can't BackSpace!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Harvey Chapman)
Wed Nov 18 22:03:24 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:02:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Richard Harvey Chapman <hchapman@force.stwing.upenn.edu>
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, TripKill wrote:
> I can't backspace in x, and I added the following line to the .xinitrc
> file, but there were no changes:
>
> xmodmap -e "Keycode 22 = BackSpace"
Did you check your XF86Config file to make sure that you're using Xkb?
There's a line something like "XkbDisable." Make sure it's not set.
This was also posted a few days ago and it worked fine for me.
as root,
edit /usr/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap, adding the line:
keycode 22 = BackSpace
good luck,
R.
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