PuTTY keystrokes

[Brad De Vries]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 10:02:26 -0600, Michael Hipp <Michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> I use PuTTY when I'm on Winders and need to remote admin a Linux box.
> But I've found that on Ubuntu when working at the Bash command line the
> Home and End keys don't work. They just put escape sequences on the
> screen. The keys work normally in 'vi'. And the arrow keys work in Bash.
> 
> This works fine to my RH/FC servers so I don't think it's particularly a
> problem with PuTTY.
> 
> Both the Ubuntu and RH/FC systems are showing terminal type of xterm.
> I've tried every setting in PuTTY I could find.
> 
> Any idea where to go to fix this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael

I've had some luck changing the terminal type in PuTTY to Linux in the
Terminal | Keyboard screen and to "linux" in the Connection screen
then setting TERM=linux on the system.  Beware I don't have Ubuntu to
test.

What is the setting for the "Home and End keys" in the Terminal |
Keyboard screen?

Brad.