On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Abraham Pearson wrote:

> Hello All!
> 
> A preface to explain my environment:  We currently use LTSP to run the Citrix ICA 
> client.  Our LTSP clients never connect to an X Server other then themselves.  When 
> we launch Xfree86, instead of connecting to an X Server, we launch a script which 
> waits for input and then runs the ica client.  I would like to have the option of 
> launching tn5250 instead.
>  
> Tn5250 works fine on our RedHat 7.1 server.  I compiled tn5250 on the server.  Then 
> I copied it to the ltsp directory.  I ran it to check for libraries that it needed 
> and then copied them into the ltsp directory as well.  Now when I try to run tn5250 
> on the LTSP client I get this error:
> 
>  Error opening terminal: xterm
> 
> if I try to run xt5250, I get:
> 
>  EXEC FAILED!
> 
> I experimented a little.  my SHELL environment variable is set to /bin/false by 
> default.  In order to open an xterm window, I either have to use 
>  xterm -e /bin/bash 
> or 
>  export SHELL=/bin/bash
>  xterm.

Might you need something set into LD_LIBRARY_PATH?


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