Eric D. Schabell: Ubuntu screen backspace problem fix

Monday, May 7, 2007

Ubuntu screen backspace problem fix

Are you trying to use screen for some application and you have strange backspace behaviour? Mine was doing nothing when I hit the backspace except give me the famous Wuff --- Wuff ! To fix this you need to add something to either your /etc/bash.bashrc (global fix) or ~/.bashrc (local fix) like this:

alias screen='TERM=screen screen'
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6 comments:

  1. Matt W.26 June, 2007 08:14

    Thank you so much! That was bugging the heck out of me.

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  2. Anonymous29 December, 2007 00:42

    thanks! :-)

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  3. Anonymous02 March, 2008 16:33

    Thanks, fix worked on Ubuntu 7.10. Too bad it is still there.

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  4. Eric D. Schabell04 March, 2008 10:16

    Luckily I have never seen this problem return after an update, the fix propagates fine through updates.

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  5. Anonymous31 October, 2008 21:06

    This didn't work for me on Ubuntu 8.04 Server LTS connecting from Mac OS X 10.5.5. Even tried to 'source /etc/profile' and/or 'source /etc/bash.bashrc'. Nothing I've tried has fixed this problem. Any other suggestions?

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  6. Eric D. Schabell31 October, 2008 22:54

    JRippy,

    You might want to try your ~/.bash_profile (or create one) as you are remotely logging in so ~/.bashrc is not being sourced.

    Hope this helps?

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