Subject: Re: Keyboard doesn't work correctly
To: yo _ <exhausted01@hotmail.com>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/04/2003 20:03:32
On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, yo _ wrote:

> i should have mentioned that too. In less or any other program from that
> matter, they don't understand the pageup or pagedown keys or delete, they do
> understand the arrow keys so that isn't a problem. In x though, all the keys
> work correctly in the terminal window (probably since x uses a different
> keyboard driver, and the terminal is an emulated terminal). Any suggestions
> to fixing this?

What your ${TERM} set to? I just checked, and after "eval $(tset -s  pc3)",
my page keys stop working. ("wscons" emulates vt220.)

> >From: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
> >To: yo _ <exhausted01@hotmail.com>
> >CC: port-i386@netbsd.org
> >Subject: Re: Keyboard doesn't work correctly
> >Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:50:47 -0600 (CST)
> >
> >On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, yo _ wrote:
> >
> > > When i start NetBSD (1.6) and i am in console mode, not x, when i press
> > > buttons like pageup, pagedown, or delete it doesn't do the desire
> >command
> > > instead it sends the raw keyboard commands (or at least what netbsd
> > > interprets them to be) for example the "up" directional buttoms displays
> >an
> > > "^[[A".
> >
> >Interpreting the arrow keys is a function of your shell. In "/bin/sh",
> >for example, "set -o emacs" will make the up arrow key recall the last
> >command. Check, too, that the arrow and page keys work under "less";
> >if they do, there's really nothing wrong with the keyboard mapping.
> >
> > > I tried trying to set the keyboard in the wscons.conf file, but it
> > > says "WSMUX_AUTO_DEVICE IS NOT SET" or something like that. I have a
> >PS/2
> > > keyboard and mouse. Does anyone know a solution to this? thanks
> >
> >
> >Frederick
>
>
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Frederick