Re: Ctrl-L does nothing

[Bob Proulx]

humpty@chorion.ath.cx wrote:
> From a fresh installed Debian Lenny, and a CentOS 5 in a
> Linux-Vserver, I've downloaded and compiled bash 4.0, and Ctrl-L
> does nothing, but going to a new prompt line as a single Enter
> would.  usually Ctrl-L clear the screen.

Thank you for the report.  Please keep bug-bash in the recipient list
for any follow-ups so that the group can participate.

This behavior that you describe is the behavior that bash uses when it
does not have termcap/terminfo for your terminal type.

Does 'clear' do anything in your present environment?

  $ clear

Normally that would produce terminal escape sequences but if it
doesn't then that would be another indicator that your terminal is not
configured sufficiently.

What is your TERM variable?

  $ echo $TERM

Bob