Re: [LINUX5250] Linux and as400 experiences

[Sean Porterfield <sporter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Rich wrote:

> > Also, sometimes my keyboard buffer doesn't work.  I don't recall if it 
> > is some particular screen that causes that behavior, but I do notice 
> > it quite a bit when I'm trying to signoff.  I'll lose the first few 
> > letters of the command and have to go back and put them in.
> >
> > On a related note, I see blank spaces from the typeahead even though 
> > the characters are there.  It's not always (ever?) the first character 
> > typed, so there is a gap.  Odd but not a show-stopper.
>
>
> Are you describing two different bugs here?  I've seen the second one 
> but never the first.  Can you give me more details about the first?


Yes, those are two different bugs.  I don't know how to reproduce the
first (or the second really...)  I would say I get the second far more
often than the first.

I experienced the first bug today.  I was in our custom call tracking 
(help desk) software getting ready to sign off for lunch.  When I exit 
out of the software after using it all morning, there is a multi-second 
delay.  I pressed F24 and F3 then typed SIGNOFF.  Obviously (?) there 
were two screens displayed before part of my signoff command showed.  I 
fixed it too fast to notice how much was displayed.


On another topic, is the following picture easily explained?

http://linux.porterfield.net/x5250+enhanced.png

Notice the top menu as proof I am using enhanced mode.  The other behind 
it came up with gaps before I put the top menu up.

And wow, you should have seen it when I pressed F8 to move that menu!

Also, pressing F7 there causes my AS/400 job to end.  F7 is not a valid 
key and should not be sent.  It works fine in xt5250, so it must be an 
x5250 problem.