You wrote (in your message from Fri 20)
 >      ASCII,  "\177",         "\177",         "\010",         /* 14 backspace
 > */    
 > 
 > 
 > can anyone tell me what to change?

This one. \177 is the code for 'delete' \010 is the code for
Backspace.
The first \177 is the code for the key alone, the second one is for
the sifted key and the third value (\010) is for the Ctrl'ed key.

In X you can rebind this key with either:

xmodmap -e 'keysym Delete = BackSpace' (This wil rebind any key
returning Delete to BackSpace)

or:

xmodmap -e 'keycode 22 = BackSpace'

this will explicitly rebind the key with the left arrow on it at the
thop right of the main part of the keyboard and only this one.

Hope this helps.

					Matthieu