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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT ausreg.com>]

Hi Folks,

On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:54:21 +1300
3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Ron Clarke wrote:
> >
> > >> If you are running the 50 MB fs.img from me, then you are running
> > >> icewm in the alternative X-server.  You are not running xvesa.
> > 
> > > Ah, that might explain why the backspace key is not working.
> > 
> > I know it works on my machine
> 
> When you run Sylpheed on that setup, does the backspace
> key work? 

    I have a selection of old, and some not-so-old, keyboards.

    After some experimenting I was able to reproduce the keyboard 
misbehaviour that Greg was afflicted with:
backspace didn't work, delete key played up !

    More importantly, I was then able to fix it !

    Sindi's solution was easy to follow, and worked like a charm.  :)

1.   Download xmodmap.84 and place it in /root
2.   Edit .xinitrc to read:

           xmodmap /root/xmodmap.84
           exec icewm

   And that is it !

   That is all there is to it !

   Exactly how Sindi said !

   Kudos !

Regards,
         Ron

-- 
Ron Clarke 
AUSREG Consultancy      http://www.ausreg.com
Tadpole Tunes           http://www.tadpoletunes.com
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