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I think you need to set an /etc/INPUTRC file with the codes for Bash.
See 'man readline' and 'man bash ' for details. This happens because the terminals are different from each other. Try using bare Xterm or Rxvt and tell me what you got
I try Xterm and run pico on it, end and home key work!
Here is the /etc/inputrc file
...
# for linux console and RH/Debian xterm
"\eOH": beginning-of-line # added by me
"\eOF": end-of-line # added by me
#"\e[1~": beginning-of-line # original
#"\e[4~": end-of-line # original
"\e[5~": beginning-of-history
"\e[6~": end-of-history
"\e[3~": delete-char
"\e[2~": quoted-insert
"\e[5C": forward-word
"\e[5D": backward-word
"\e\e[C": forward-word
"\e\e[D": backward-word
# for rxvt
"\e[8~": end-of-line
# for non RH/Debian xterm, can't hurt for RH/DEbian xterm
"\eOH": beginning-of-line
"\eOF": end-of-line
...
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