Question
Incorrect characters in console from my key press. How can I fix?
- Posted on March 10, 2017
- Ubuntu 16.04DigitalOcean
Asked by janiel
I press “a”, and it shows “^[a”. I press “e” and it shows “^[e”.
The above issue seemed similar, but the solution didn’t work.
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Rebooting the server from the web interface (Power option - and the Power Cycle button) appears to have fixed it.
Getting exactly as tannerchung above. Pipe | turns into > makes things difficult.
I’ve got the same problem