Fp on OpenBSD...

[Bill Vermillion]

On or about Thu, Oct 28 17:16 , while attempting a Zarathustra 
emulation Chad McWilliams thus spake: 


> > > Has anyone had an opportunity to try filePro on OpenBSD 3.5 using 
> > > either the SCO or FreeBSD binaries?

> > Just a comment on Open, vs Net, vs FreeBSD.

... [lots deleted - wjv]


> > So if you are going to run FP on OpenBSD you will have about 
> > the least support of any nBSD OS.  You would probably get 
> > better support on DragonFly as Matt is pretty damn good too.

> > If you want the most supported/in-use go with FreeBSD.

...

> I do understand the differences/concerns with the different
> *BSD groups. The problem I have is that, due to a theft of
> equipment at one of our locations, I need to get filePro up and
> running quickly at my remote site temporarily. The only thing
> at the remote site I have to work with is an OpenBSD box, so
> that forces my hand at the moment.

That's bad.

> I have narrowed down the problem I'm having and hoping maybe someone
> could shed a little light on the issue.

> Filepro (SCO binaries) seems to run fine on the OpenBSD box
> under the ibcs2 emulation. The problem is at the main menu, at
> the Enter Selection prompt, it acts if someone is holding down
> a key. Everything is slow to respond, and there is a constant
> stream of data across the wire. It continues until you exit
> filepro. It does this no matter what terminal emulation I use
> (I'm using Anzio to connect). In playing with the termcap a
> little, I discovered that the value of cm=\E[%i%d;%dH has
> something to do with the problem. If I set cm=: then I don't
> have the problem, although the screen doesn't draw correctly,
> of course.

In FreeBSD the term setting is scoansi - however the
cm value you have above is the same as in the scoansi.

> So if anybody has a remote idea, I'm more than open to trying
> anything. I don't have that much experience with dealing with
> the termcap/terminfo files, so I'm kinda lost right now.

The arguments to cm are to move to row and then column.

Have you tried the lowest level of term - vt100.  That's supported
in FP.  If you haven't tried that it may be worth a shot.

If you can sacrafice the Open machine it should take about 2-3
hours [unless you have a slow link] to bring BSD up via a network
install.  Or if you have anything else with at least a little bit
of power.

Bill


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