Soo Sip Boon wrote: > my fedora 2 cannot start , so i have to boot from > rescue disk. i used vim to as a command based text > editor to change the configuration. i am able to open > the program, but i fail to change anything. when i > press up and down, it not moving. when i press delete > key, it change the capital letter to upper case. when > i press any alphabert, it not working at all. > > any other text editor that can be use in rescue mode? > or any solution to used the vim? Sounds like a terminal problem to me. What happens if you type (in command mode): set term In the meantime, you can use the h, j, k and l keys to move around (again, in command mode) and x to delete. For more command keys, see a vi reference manual. Good luck! James. -- E-mail address: james | "It was rare to catch His Holiness at the moment of @westexe.demon.co.uk | transformation into the Infallible Hulk." | -- Chris Ward, Church Times caption competition.