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Remap dump terminal keys



On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 01:34:12PM -0400, Josh ChaitinPollak wrote:
> Hi, I'm using a Data General D460 dumb terminal as a serial console  
> for an embedded linux box. It works fine, mostly, but the keyboard  
> doesn't have a backspace or 'alt' key, which makes hotkeys a bit hard  
> to use. Is there a way to remap some of the dumb terminal keys to  
> make this thing a bit more functional? I assume this would be done in  
> software on the console config, but I'm not sure how it would be done.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Text-Terminal-HOWTO.html

Chapters 13-15 will be most enlightening.

-dsr-




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