[Solved] The x button is not working in console or terminal.

charles_houston · 2018-03-01 00:04:17

Right now I am having difficulty with my terminal. When I type 'x', I get a beep and no output. Shift-x works just fine, however caps-locks Shift-x does not give 'x'. In firefox the x key works just fine, as in vim.

I have vi editing mode set in inputrc so it works fine for me to type commands with x by entering them through vi "pressing v in the normal mode on the command line".

I tried changing the keyboard configuration to no avail.

Does anyone have any advice to fix this? I tried looking at the console keyboard configuration page on the wikia but did not get anywhere in solving this.

Last edited by charles_houston (2018-03-01 00:32:43)

jasonwryan · 2018-03-01 00:12:01

Please paste your shell files, including inputrc.

NoSuck · 2018-03-01 00:20:19

Run "bash --norc" and press x. Does an "x" character appear on the prompt?
Can you reproduce the issue using another terminal emulator?

Last edited by NoSuck (2018-03-01 00:20:43)

charles_houston · 2018-03-01 00:25:30

I figured out what the problem was. It actually was in .inputrc. I mistakenly put xet in my .inputrc the other day instead of xset. Not sure why it was to this effect however removing that line fixed the problem.

I really should have figured this one out on my own. The console was beeping when it shouldn't have been given the line I added (which was also responsible for the additional error). Sorry for the interruption. Back to work everyone...

jasonwryan · 2018-03-01 00:29:56

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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#1 2018-03-01 00:04:17

[Solved] The x button is not working in console or terminal.

#2 2018-03-01 00:12:01

Re: [Solved] The x button is not working in console or terminal.

#3 2018-03-01 00:20:19

Re: [Solved] The x button is not working in console or terminal.

#4 2018-03-01 00:25:30

Re: [Solved] The x button is not working in console or terminal.

#5 2018-03-01 00:29:56

Re: [Solved] The x button is not working in console or terminal.

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