I posted a question on LinuxQuestions.com and while I got good answers and helped me understand more of the subject, I was still not able to resolve my issue. Please have a look at the link below. I'm wondering what changed in Debian Buster that this function doesnt work anymore. It works fine on Deb 8 and Deb 9, however, something's changed in Debian Buster that this no longer works.
https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... 175671214/
tldr the link: backspace doesn't work when using rxvt and ssh to remote server.
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Backspace doesn't work in rxvt when ssh to remote server.
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Re: Backspace doesn't work in rxvt when ssh to remote server
Does the remote server have the correct terminfo data files for the buster rxvt-unicode version?
As a dirty hack you could try (recursively) copying /lib/terminfo/r from buster to the server but that may stop the jessie & stretch rxvt-uncode versions from working via SSH.
As a dirty hack you could try (recursively) copying /lib/terminfo/r from buster to the server but that may stop the jessie & stretch rxvt-uncode versions from working via SSH.
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Re: Backspace doesn't work in rxvt when ssh to remote server
That's a good question. I'm not sure. I can't change the settings on the remote server though. Our Database department handles that server and there are several Debian 8 and 9 machines that connect to it. The remote server is CentOS 7. The team I work in is all on Buster desktops, though.
I'll compare my Buster's /lib/terminfo/r with the Jessie and Stretch machines we have.
I'll compare my Buster's /lib/terminfo/r with the Jessie and Stretch machines we have.
Re: Backspace doesn't work in rxvt when ssh to remote server
I tried copying over that dir from the stretch machine to buster to see if that would work, since backspace is working from the stretch machine, but still same issue. even tried reboot the buster machine.