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Sindi Keesan wrote:


> When starting X and then using xterm in BL35 for a terminal window, I
> cannot use the backspace key --- this is the left-pointing arrow on
> the upper right of a standard 101-key keyboard.
> What is the way to permanently remap this backspace key so that this
> functions as intended using X and xterm ??
> The solution might very well have been posted in the past, but could
> not yet go through all the BasLinux Archives over the last few years
> to find this.

Search on xmodmap, which is a small utility included in BL used to remap 
key functions.  I constructed a file that remaps a few keys and then put a 
line in .xinitrc.  SOmeone else had a simpler way to do it.