PuTTY keystrokes SOLVED

[Michael Hipp]

Brad De Vries wrote:
> 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

Thanks Brad! Setting "linux" in the Connection screen was all it took. 
Can't believe I didn't see that, but I had spent all my time looking at 
the keyboard settings.

Thanks again,
Michael