NetBSD is also oriented to newer machines, where it runs faster than
"modern" bloated operating systems created to help sell faster
hardware.
</advocacy>

Check your dmesg to see what type of keyboard, etc is getting loaded
(dmesg|grep -i key), and also make sure you're using a sane $TERM.  In
the meantime, try using the normal vi keys (hjkl to move, x to delete,
etc) to avoid problems with special keys.

Now that I test it, all of my keys in that area produce ~ on the
command line as well, but in a program that does read them (vim), they
work just fine.

On 8/25/05, Karol Krizka <kkrizka@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> After finding a old unused server on work, I decided to try to set it
> up as a personal webserver. No Linux cd would boot (framebuffer/ram
> errors) and FreeBSD Install CD took like 5 minutes to select the
> install option. So I remembered reading somewhere that NetBSD is the
> one oriented for old machines. To no suprise, the install was a
> breeze. Exept I have a problem now. Some keys on the keyboard won't
> work right and I tried several shells (sh,ksh,bash). Pressing
> insert/delete/PageUp/PageDown produces a ~ instead of what it should
> and I have no idea what is wrong. Any ideas what could fix this? It's
> a real PITA now to try to edit files with vi as most of the time it
> makes the lettter captial or nothing at all when I try to delete. Also
> in vi, backspace works as a left arrow and delete as backspace and
> somtimes it makes the last key capital.
>=20
> Any help would be appreciated.
>=20
> --
> Cheers,
> Karol Krizka
>=20
> Fun Game-> http://www.hobowars.com/182837/
>