[oclug] How do I change terminal settings?

[Jon Earle]

I know, pretty basic, but if someone can point me to a doc, I'd be
appreciative.

I need to modify some element of my terminal settings, and not sure what
to do, or where to look.

On my Redhat box, I can use Home, End, PgUp, PgDn, right and left arrows,
etc, within terminals, and they all work as expected, out of the box.  On
my Debian boxen, they all do not work, or do not work as expected.  For
example, I cannot hit Home on a command line and have the dursor go to the
beginning of the line.  In vi, I cannot use left arrow without vi
automatically leaving insert mode.  I prefer the Redhat terminal style and
would like to modify things accordingly.

Cheers!
Jon