vi won't work with any TERM setting

hello Problem is that no matter what TERM setting I use, and I've tried everyone listed in terminfo, I cannot get vi to operate correctly. The closest TERM value is 'sun' which will use the full screen idea ok but neither the cursor keys nor h/j/k/l will move about the page. Other TERMs produce

RE: vi won't work with any TERM setting

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RE: vi won't work with any TERM setting

] Fax: [+61 8 9310 6671] e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation -Original Message- From: r.l. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 1:24 PM To: Andrew McRobert Subject: RE: vi won't work with any TERM setting ... when you log into the potato box