Delete key not working

[spacefreak86]

After updating to Hardy 8.04 from Gutsy, my delete key doesn't work - in any application. Does anyone know how to get it working again?

[Officer Dibble]

What type keyboard are you using? The more detail the better.

[spacefreak86]

Acer Extensa 5620 laptop keyboard. I'm used to some reduced functionality with the hotkeys on the side (and besides, I don't even use them), but the delete key is getting annoying. Total there are 88 keys (including the Windows key), plus the 7 hotkeys on the left side.

[spacefreak86]

Update: I had to boot into windows today and noticed that my delete key does work. So something is wrong with the configurations in Hardy. Only I've tried sifting through the various keyboard formats in the keyboard configuration tool and nothing showed up. Anyone know what to try next?

[lwvmobile]

Just for fun:

Open a terminal and do a shift+del or ctrl+del combination and see if anything shows up.

for shift+del I get 2~ and for ctrl+del I get 5~

[spacefreak86]

Nothing comes up at all on mine.

[lwvmobile]

Is your del key also usable as a function key? or part of the number set?

I must admit I really don't have a clue here, other than toggling on or off function and numlock and stuff like that.

[unutbu]

Open a terminal and type

xev

. You'll get a square window. Move your mouse into the window. Now press the delete key.
Do you get any output in the terminal?

[spacefreak86]

Here is the output you requested:

KeyRelease event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x3a00001,
    root 0x59, subw 0x3a00002, time 10387038, (35,38), root:(41,67),
    state 0x0, keycode 242 (keysym 0x0, NoSymbol), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False

[T-Virus]

I'm sure "XLookupString gives 0 bytes:" should give 1 byte, right?