[4713] in testers
Re: linux 9.0.1: control center, sawfish settings, and backspace
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Fri Jun 1 21:31:34 2001
To: Abby Fox <ajfox@mit.edu>
Cc: testers@mit.edu
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 01 Jun 2001 21:31:29 -0400
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<ajfox@MIT.EDU> (Abby Fox) writes:
> On linux the backspace key now works, but ^U behaves oddly, erasing the
> input but not clearing it from the display. For example if I type a few
That's a known bad interaction between libzvt and Linux 2.4.x
kernels, which you can fix on the GNOME side by having
gnome-pty-helper.c include ECHOK in the slave tty's flags (c. line
400). For more details, take a look at
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=97094&repeatmerged=yes
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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
