
Oct 05, '04 09:33:00AM • Contributed by: TheMystic
The solution: Copy the xterm-color terminfo file from a Mac to the Linux box. If you have Fink installed, get the file from /sw -> share -> terminfo -> x -> xterm-color; otherwise, use the one installed by default at /usr -> share -> terminfo -> 78 -> xterm-color. You can put the file in /usr -> share -> terminfo -> x/ on the Linux box (if you have root access), or in your home directory in ~/.terminfo -> x/ (create the directory structure if necessary). Then log out and SSH back into the Linux machine, and your backspace key should work properly in all applications.
This fixes zsh and screen for me, and keeps emacs working properly both on OS X and when SSH'd into a Linux machine.