help!! iseries as/400 or tn5250 config

matteo filippetto matteo.filippetto at gmail.com
Tue Nov 17 11:10:42 UTC 2009


2009/11/17 khobbos khobbos <khobbos at live.com>:
> Dear Matteo
>
> 10x a lot for your support
>
> i tried tn5250j and it works greatly
>
> but when i run it, its always asking about the connection configuration
> (it's not saving the connection) :( so each time i need to enter the setting
>
> any suggestion !!
>
>
>
>
>> From: matteo.filippetto at gmail.com
>> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:10:58 +0100
>> Subject: Re: help!! iseries as/400 or tn5250 config
>> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>>
>> 2009/11/16 khobbos khobbos <khobbos at live.com>:
>> > Dear sir
>> >
>> > This is Sami
>> >
>> > I am trying to switch to open source OS and I start using UBUNTU
>> >
>> > Usually under windows i use AS/400 client access to work with our IBM
>> > V4R4
>> > server
>> >
>> > I download “”iSeriesAccess-5.4.0-1.4.i386.rpm””
>> >
>> > When I try to convert it to .deb using alien I received this message
>> >
>> > “””sami at sami-desktop:~$ cd ~/Desktop
>> >
>> > sami at sami-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo alien iSeriesAccess-5.4.0-1.4.i386.rpm
>> >
>> > [sudo] password for sami:
>> >
>> > error: incorrect format: unknown tag
>> >
>> > Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package iSeriesAccess:
>> > postinst
>> > postrm prerm
>> >
>> > Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts.
>> >
>> > iseriesaccess_5.4.0-2.4_i386.deb generated
>> >
>> > sami at sami-desktop:~/Desktop$ “””
>> >
>> > I try to use the generated (deb) file
>> >
>> > It install without any error
>> >
>> > But I can’t find iseries application and can’t run it from terminal
>> > (don't
>> > know the command)
>> >
>> > Any suggestion about how to solve this problem?
>> >
>> > After I gave up I try to use tn5250 emulator which can access our V4R4
>> >
>> > But again I face 2 problem:
>> >
>> > First : with window size it is 24*80 and it must configure to be 27*132
>> > columns, how can we adjust it??
>> >
>> > Second : it’s not recognizing Arabic fonts
>> >
>> > Note that I am using ((ubuntu-9.10-desktop)) and this is the first time
>> > I
>> > use linux (glad to try so)
>> >
>> > Many thanks for your support
>> >
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>>
>> Hi Sami,
>>
>> in my company I use tn5250j (http://tn5250j.sourceforge.net/)
>> that as better performance and is easly to use. It also has a lot
>> of functions.
>>
>> Bye bye
>>
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you should find a directory called .tn5250j in your home. If not
try to make an hidden directory called ".tn5250j"  under your home
with full access for your account ( 744 is a good idea for permission).

best regards

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Matteo Filippetto




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