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Navigation Problem in SystemEDGE Installer on AIX Systems

Symptom:

When I install SystemEDGE on AIX 6.1 and 7.1, navigation does not work in the lsm (UNIX Installer) text user interface. This problem also occurs with Advanced Encryption and the SRM AIM.

Solution:

Unlike on other UNIX operating systems and older AIX versions, navigation in lsm text user interface does not work on AIX 6.1 and 7.1 using the keyboard arrow keys when TERM is set to the (common) value of xterm. The problem does not occur when using the Java-based graphical lsm UI.

Workaround is to either set TERM to a different value (for example, vt100) before starting the installation, use + and – keys to navigate, or (PuTTY specific) set “Disable application cursor keys mode”.