cannot use the 'c' key in a bash shell [FIXED]

dave_pretty · Last edited by dave_pretty on Fri Jun 11, 2004 1:35 am; edited 1 time in total

This is pretty strange, I'm running my system on ~x86, and since an update a few days ago the 'c' key won't work in a bash shell.

It's not an X thing because I can login to a virtual terminal and the problem is there too (though I can use it in the login name, as well as other apps - which is why I can type it here, in konqueror).

I can use the key in bash if I log in as root, and it works in a csh shell (I was able to find a previous 'c' for 'csh' in my command recall

)

My .bashrc hasn't changed recently - ie: since the key was working.

Any ideas?
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StringCheesian · l33t Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 887

Is it an old keyboard? Maybe it needs to be cleaned or something.

dave_pretty · Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 4:32 am Post subject:

the keyboard is fine because I can type 'c' as much as I want (c c c c c c c cccccccccccccc) when I'm not in bash - and when I log in as root, and when I'm in a csh shell......
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dave_pretty · Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:14 am Post subject:

the strangeness continues - I created a new user:

useradd -m -s /bin/bash -G users,wheel debug

and this user can use 'c' in a bash shell

I copied the debug users .bashrc, .bash_profile, and .bash_history to my own, and I still have the problem
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raday · n00b Joined: 02 Sep 2002 Posts: 15

Is this while in a Window Manager, and you are running xterm, or some other terminal emulator. Or is this happening in console mode when X is not running?

What might be happening is that some where you are redefining the C key, whether on perpose or by some program doing this for you with out your knowledge.

The reason I say this, is that when you created the debug user, that user was not affected. This is probably due to the fact that the debug user starts off with default preferences for most all applications, for instance if you changed the look and feel of KDE, or reset keyboard mappings, the debug user would not be affected.

One thing to do might be to use another window manager and see if this happens there

I don't know if this helps but if anything maybe I can point you in the right direction.

dhurt · Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 7:34 am Post subject:

I have just recently noticed strangeness with my normal user account in the bash shell as well. I have not been able to get to the bottom of it yet (Honestly have not put much time into it) but the command:

dave_pretty · Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:06 am Post subject:

I can't use the key in a virtual terminal, outside of KDE and X. I took xdm out of the rc scripts and rebooted so that there wasn't a trace of KDE/X running and still it didn't work in a virtual terminal. So I don't see how it can be a KDE configuration problem.

"stty sane" didn't help.

I've re-emerged bash, didn't help
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syscrash · Guru Joined: 14 Apr 2003 Posts: 541

Have you checked your

dave_pretty · Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 1:34 am Post subject:

Thankyou - that was it - I didn't know about .inputrc until a forum I read here a while ago - and had I blindly copied something to it and made a typo, then forgotten all about it

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dhurt · Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:19 am Post subject:

Thanks that solved my problem as well. Do you know what created this file?

IWBCMAN · Guru Joined: 25 Jun 2002 Posts: 474

I posted this a couple of days ago-almost the exact same time....

Keyboard nightmare-term's refuse 'c' key