Backspace on Cygwin Screen not working for Windows 2003 Server?

Question

I updated a working Cygwin/Screen setup on Windows 2k3 Server to Cygwin v1.7.2 and Screen 4.00.03. After updating, backspace no longer works. I haven't made any changes to my system or configuration. The Cygwin update went fine, and I don't have any custom changes in /etc.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

This has been confirmed as a bug and is scheduled to be fixed. See this thread on the Cygwin mailing list for details.

Answer 2

Try this at command prompt:

C:\cygwin\bin\bash --noediting