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From: jerry@heyman.austin.ibm.com (Jerry Heyman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Using pcsim with a non-ibm xterminal
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Date: 12 Jan 91 00:20:31 GMT
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john@labtam.labtam.oz.au (John Carey) writes:

$ I have had problems using pcsim running on an RS/6000 with an non-ibm 
$ xterminal
$
$ IBM people here in Australia seem unable to help.
$ 
$ I thought I ask you direct rather than ask in "comp.unix.aix" as I see
$ you have replied to a pcsim query there alreay
$ 
$ The problems are
$ 
$ 1.	pcsim exits soon after startup
$ 
$ 	Xscope show that it was looking the rom* fonts and when this
$ 	request failed it exited siliently
$ 
$ 	The work-around for this was to install the ibm rom fonts
$ 	for the X-terminal
$ 
$ 	I think pcsim should print an error message on font failure
$ 	rather than exit silently
$ 

This should be opened as an APAR and dealt so that we here in Austin can fix
the problem as soon as possible.

$ 2.	pcsim does not understand non-ibm xterminal keyboard.
$ 
$ 	I suspect because pcsim is looking at terminal dependant keycodes
$ 	(different for nearly every X-server) rather than the terminal
$ 	independent keysyms.
$ 
$ 	Can I configure pcsim to work with my terminal and how ??
$

This is currently being worked on, don't know how soon it would become
available.  Opening the problem up as an APAR might get the fix out sooner.
 
$						John Carey
$						Labtam Australia

jerry heyman
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