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I am using Vi editor on my desktop Ubuntu 12.04, and do no have any problems. But a few days ago, I installed Vi editor to my beagleboard-xm which has both Angstrom and Ubuntu 12.04 available but noticed that I cannot activate the insert mode at both of the Op. Systems. How I understood that:

When I press i or I, I do not get a warning on the bottom -- INSERT --
But anyways I continue and if I press k cursor moves to upper line, if I press j cursor moves to the line below. I try to put a # to comment out something, cursor moves randomly and according to warning written at the bottom: "search hit TOP, continuing at BOTTOM" etc. etc.

How can I get into insert mode? Any suggestions?

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open vi and try to set :set showmode. Then try "Esc - i(insert mode)" – devav2 Oct 19 '12 at 21:26
@devav2 I tried what you suggested, first at the bottom -- INSERT -- warning has written but when I pressed the arrow keys that warning disappeared and same behavior continues. – Xentius Oct 19 '12 at 21:39

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Try the a key for the same -- INSERT -- operation. It should work just like i. AFAIK, it works on Ubuntu 12.04 and Raspbian.

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