When invoking 'make menuconfig' from tty, the backspace key is not working. Thus, when choosing 'Load/Save config to/from alternate file', proper choice of filename is not possible. When invoking from xterm, backspace works as expected. Installed ncurses: solaris linux # eix sys-libs/ncurses * sys-libs/ncurses Available versions: 5.4-r6:5 5.5-r2:5 5.5-r3:5 Installed: 5.5-r3
Created attachment 101940 [details] emerge --info
no idea what "from tty" means ... describe what your tty actually is and what $TERM setting you are using
Okay, I try to explain what I meant: If I log into a text console like tty1, tty2, etc, then su to become root and invoke 'make menuconfig' in /usr/src/linux, the backspace key is not working in dialogs, eg. when entering a filename to save the configuration. This is, I cannot remove the '.config' by pressing backspace. But I am able to enter additional letters. I have not changed the TERM settings. A 'env | grep TERM' yields: solaris dustin # env | grep TERM TERM=linux If I open an X session and do the same in a xterm console, backspace is working. Here, a 'env | grep TERM' yields: solaris dustin # env | grep TERM TERM=xterm XTERM_SHELL=/bin/bash XTERM_VERSION=XTerm(218) I hope the problem has become more clear now. BR, Dustin
and what if you login as root ... or if you run `su -` instead
Same result: Backspace is not working. Output of 'env | grep TERM' as well :(
Cannot reproduce it anymore. Close this bug because it automagically solved itself.
Hi! I had the same issue (backspace was not working on any text input in "make menuconfig", not just the save as alternate file). I solved uncommenting EXTENDED_KEYMAPS="" in /etc/conf.d/keymaps and commenting out EXTENDED_KEYMAPS="backapace keypad euro" which was there by default after installing Gentoo 2007.0 via the installer found on the LiveCD. (this seems a duplicate of bug 2364, where I just put this reply... I'm new to bug reporting so sorry if I'm doing wrong things...)
