Delete key doesn't work?

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OK, I’m fairly new to root, and have run into a problem that’s slowing me down. The problem is how to get the delete key to work at the root command prompt? All I get is a ~ character and a beep. Shouldn’t it inherit key settings from the xterm window it’s running in?

Using SuSe 7.3? Linux, X11, fvwm2 window manager, standard US keyboard.

Thanks,
James

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Hi James,
“delete key” works differently to "backspace key’.

backspace - deletes symbol located previously to cursor position
delete - deletes symbol AT cursor position.

e.g.
root [1] qwerty

To delete ‘y’ symbol with “delete key” cursor
must be positioned under ‘y’.

Regards. Valeriy

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Check what “stty -a” says for the the erase key. Make sure that the delete key issues this code. Normally backspace is used.

– Fons