Ummm, methinks you may have some TERM variable questions. For longtime vi users: i - gets you into [INSERT] mode <ESC> - returns you to command mode HTH, --Rob On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 13:37, Mark Haney wrote: > I am really hoping someone on this list has an answer for the strange > problem I am having. I've seen this before, but I can't pin down a reason > for it to be happening. I have several FC2 boxes at home I can SSH into > for various reasons, and a FC2 mail server running sendmail/dovecot at > work. I can SSH and use vi just fine on my machines at home, but for some > bizarre reason, I simply can't use vi on the mail server. Let me rephrase > that, I can run vi, but I cannot get the normal commands to work. > [INSERT] doesn't put me in edit mode, CTRL-C doesn't get me into command > mode to save the file, it all seems scrambled. Like I said, I've seen > this with other OS's on a few occsaions over the years and can't find a > reason for it. Does anyone know how to fix it? Or have you seen this > problem before? > > > -- > Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt. > > Mark Haney > Network, Database and Systems Administration > DoctorDirectory.com Inc. >