Re: Newbie needs help getting started

"Jason M. Felice" wrote:
> 
> I've never been able to duplicate it.  Is this under FreeBSD (you mentioned
> that you installed the ncurses library, which is why I ask).  If you could get
> me the distribution name and version, the version

from the RH 6.1 dist the package was "ncurses-devel-4.2-25"

> of ncurses, the output of `ldd /usr/local/bin/tn5250` and see if you can 
>create
> a tracefile, that would cover all the bases and I might be able to get some
> idea of what's going on.
> 
% ldd /usr/local/bin/tn5250
        libncurses.so.4 => /usr/lib/libncurses.so.4 (0x40018000)
        libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2
(0x40058000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x4009a000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x400b6000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)


> I'm also curious as to whether or not the cursor moves when you type.
> 

It does not blink or move when I type in the console.

> You might also want to try the S/Lang terminal instead of the curses terminal 
>-
> try to configure the package with the '--with-slang' option, compile, and 
>test.
> This uses a whole different peice of code to draw the screen.
> 
tryed 
# ./configure --with-slang
# make
# make install 

the results from this appeared to be the same to me

Thank you
Brian Arb


> -Jay 'Eraserhead' Felice
> 
> On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 01:33:30PM -0500, Brian Arb wrote:
> > My problem...
> > My input from the Keyboard is not displayed in the console.
> > The keys I normally use to move from one field to the next doesnot seem to 
>be
> > working either.
> > Normally the console will echo back to me the user name I type in then, 
>I'll use
> > the TAB key to move down to the password field that is not echo in the 
>console then
> > once the password is entered the ENTER key logs me in. Now the user name 
>isnt shown
> > in the console until I press the ESCAPE key the Login wont take place until 
>I type
> > ESCAPE twice.
> > At this ponit not being able to see what I type in or not knowing if a 
>Function key
> > is wroking correctly or not prevents me from going futher.
> >
> [snip]
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