Terminal Ctrl-key like ctrl-x, ctrl-c etc does not work anymore

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Terminal Ctrl-key like ctrl-x, ctrl-c etc does not work anymore

Having a weird problem using terminal. It does not send for instance Ctrl-C to the terminal window. This is valid for other control key combinations, too. F.I: If using nano in terminal there is no way to exit from it because of lacking Ctrl-x.

I know I used it with OSX, but cannot find out what is responsible for the change.

Any ideas?

rob*

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jul 20, 2009 6:42 AM

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Answer 1

xnav

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Jul 20, 2009 8:54 AM in response to robsmiler

Does it work with Keyboard Viewer? This [article|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1381] tells how to turn on the viewer.

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nerowolfe

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Jul 20, 2009 9:40 AM in response to robsmiler

Have you checked all the keyboard settings in Terminal preferences?
Try this:
Create a new user account and see if the terminal behaves as usual in the new account.
If it works OK, it's most likely a corrupted terminal .plist.

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robsmiler Author

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Jul 20, 2009 10:07 AM in response to nerowolfe

hey folks,

thanks for reply. I think I found the problem. The key seems not to be working.

I killed terminal.plist, reset all what could be imagine. Then I read through suggested http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1381 - no I did not use the system CD, yet - but instead of this I tried an external keyboard with this keyboard layout application (don't know how it is called in US version). When pressing Ctrl on external keyboard the

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robsmiler Author

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Jul 20, 2009 10:13 AM in response to nerowolfe

hey folks,

thanks for reply. I think I found the problem. The key seems not to be working.

I killed terminal.plist, reset all what could be imagine. Then I read through suggested http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1381 - no I did not use the system CD, yet - but instead of this I tried an external USB Mac keyboard with that keyboard layout application (don't know how it is called in US version) flashing keys when pressed.

When pressing Ctrl on this external keyboard the regarding <^> key on lower left does flash together with right one. If unplugging and pressing Ctrl on the MacBook Pro keyboard nothing flashes. I expect, that the keyboard has an issue. Will test things with system CD, later. But I am pretty confident that this is the problem.

Thanks again.

regards

rob*

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