number pad error in vi when using vnc

[Dave Haffner]

I am having problems when using the number pad on my keyboard while
editing a file with vi over vnc.

It makes no difference in the numlock is on or off.  When I vi a file
and type 0 thru 9, I get the following:



y

x

w

v

u

t

s

r

q

p



Each key prints a letter and carriage return with one stroke.

Does anyone know how to fix this?  It does not happen when I use cygwin.

I'm accessing linux machines from a windows machine.  The OS's are XP
and Vista running vnc viewer and fedora core 3 through 9, red hat 4 and
5 and centos 4.3 up to 5.1.  There must be a vnc setting somewhere that
needs to be corrected, but I have not been able to find anything on my
systems or researching it on the web.



Thanks for your help.



Dave