Re: TN5250 problem

Ok, I finally decided to give the .tn5250rc file a try. It works, but just
as well as specifying the IP address in the launcher. What difference does
it make, if any, whether I just specify the IP address or the name of the
AS/400?




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Subject: Re: [LINUX5250] TN5250 problem

On 05/17/2010 01:27 PM, John Aldrich wrote:

I've built a Linux box (Ubuntu 10.4 LTS) and I'm trying to create an icon

on

the desktop for TN5250 that will launch it, but it's not working. I've
edited the hosts file to include a name for our AS/400 and the command for
the icon is "/usr/bin/tn5250 brcc2" (without the quotes) which works fine
from the command-line, but does not execute the command in question.

I'm using Kubuntu 10.04 so I'm more familiar with KDE than Gnome but
here's my best guess...

You probably want to use xt5250 rather than tn5250. Create an icon on
the desktop (in KDE I right click and select "Create New -> Link to
application"). Somewhere it should ask you for the name of the
application to run and that's where you will enter:

/usr/bin/xt5250 PGBRIAN1

I wrote "PGBRIAN1" there where you used "brcc2". It doesn't matter what
you call it, I name my sessions PGBRIAN1, PGBRIAN2, etc.

After you set up an icon for each of your sessions you'll need to create
a .tn5250rc file in your home directory. Use gedit or whatever text
editor you are familiar with to create a file with these contents:

PGBRIAN1 {
host = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
env.DEVNAME=PGBRIAN1
+local_print_key
+uninhibited
}

PGBRIAN2 {
host = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
env.DEVNAME=PGBRIAN2
env.TERM = IBM-3477-FC
+local_print_key
+uninhibited
}

Save this file as .tn5250rc (note the leading period!) and put it in
your home directory (/home/john or whatever).

The "PGBRIAN1" and "PGBRIAN2" groupings are for sessions. The "host"
attribute will be the IP address of the AS/400 you want to connect to.
The "env.DEVNAME" is the name of your session on the AS/400. The
"+local_print_key" enables your "Print Screen" key on your keyboard so
you do screen prints. The "+uninhibited"... uh, does something that
I've completely forgotten :-) I'm sure somebody will pipe up and tell
you what it does.

You'll notice my second session also has the "env.TERM = IBM-3477-FC"
entry. This tells xt5250 that I'm wanting a 132-column display instead
of the default 80-column.

That ought to do it for you.

James Rich has written some documentation that you might find helpful as
well (and I'm sure it tells you what the "uninhibited" option does):
http://www.chowhouse.com/~james/tn5250-HOWTO.pdf