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When I do a ssh to an OpenSuse machine and use yast I have to use tab intead of alt+y for help for example, I don't know what else to say...

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My question is how to set up this to have a propper xterm console.

additin:xterm and/or LXterminal maybe this one has some features to add, really don't know.

maniat1k
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    I can't work out what the question is here? What terminal are you using? Actual `xterm` or something else? What do you expect to happen, and what happens instead? Are you close enough (network wise) to use remote X windows, perhaps? – ams Dec 30 '11 at 15:31
  • using xterm... I want to be able to use alt+ when use ssh on a opensuse machine (the yast console), just like when you use xterm on the opensuse it self. – maniat1k Dec 30 '11 at 22:25

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On xterm, press the Control key and at the same time left-click somewhere on the xterm window.

A menu should appear, where you can select "Meta Sends Escape" that should do what you ask

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To set this option as default, create a file of name .Xresources in you home, and put the following line into it:

XTerm.metaSendsEscape: true

then restart your session.

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