Key d doesn`t work in xterm, can`t be copied

[vinterneti]

On my current user i cant enter or copy letter d in all terminal programs.
On newly created user keys left,right,up output [[A [[D etc.
Other programs work ok.
Shift D works.
d after Insert key works.

Not sure but this could happen after some wrong configurations and

xrdb -merge .Xresources

Is there a way to reconfigure reset to default?

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Changed the name to reflect problem more accurate.

[stevepusser]

Copy your new user's good .Xresources file over the funky one in your own home folder? Rename the funky one if there's anything you want to save in it.

[vinterneti]

I dont have this file. I created it manually.

May be there are default file on iso image?

[Head_on_a_Stick]

On newly created user keys left,right,up output [[A [[D etc.

Which shell is the newly created user employing?

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echo $0

Sometimes a forced TERM can cause issues like this so also check

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echo $TERM

Is there a way to reconfigure reset to default?

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mv ~/.Xresources{,.bad}

There is no ~/.Xresources by default.

Once you've moved it you can create a new ~/.Xresources and copy the configuration back one line at a time to find the bad setting.

Or post the configuration here so that we don't have to guess...

[vinterneti]

current_user
echo $0

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bash


new_user
echo $0

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sh


current_user(new)
echo $TERM

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xterm

I removed .Xresources after this problem.
The aim was to disable terminal bell and resize fonts.

This is almost fresh install. If there is no easy solution I`m going to reinstall it.
I was curious to fix it but don't want to destruct community.
If easy fix don`t show up going to mark it as [SOLVED] shortly.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

new_user
echo $0

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sh

Well there's your problem then — the new user has dash as the default interactive shell.

Fix that for the new user with

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chsh -s /bin/bash

And check /etc/adduser.conf for the erroneous setting, for example

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grep DSHELL /etc/adduser.conf

See also adduser.conf(5).

If easy fix don`t show up going to mark it as [SOLVED] shortly

Please don't mark unsolved threads as [SOLVED], it's very frustrating for people trying to find an answer for their problem and it ruins SEO for the boards.

[vinterneti]

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chsh -s /bin/bash

Worked until I reboot and login with new_user.

Now new_user has working keys left right, but d key doesnt work.
And d symbol is lost during copy.

[sgosnell]

What keyboard layout is in use? Perhaps some layouts may map the d key to some other ASCII character.