Configure an HTML rendering server on IBM i

After you have installed OS/400 - Additional Fonts (5722SS1, Option 43), which is for Version 5R4, or OS/400 - Additional Fonts (5761SS1, Option 43), which is for v6.1, on IBMi system, an HTML rendering server (X virtual frame buffer for X server) is present. You must select a display number for the HTML rendering server.

Configure an HTML rendering server:

  1. If the QShell Interpreter is running, perform the following commands on the IBM i command line to stop it:

      QSH

      Press F3

  2. Type CALL QP2TERM on the command line to start the OS/400 Portable Application Solutions Environment (OS/400 PASE) console.

  3. Type ps gaxuw | grep Xvnc ; ps gaxuw | grep vfb on the command line to list all active HTML rendering servers:

      If other rendering servers are already active, you may see output such as this (the number following the colon is the display number already in use):

      v2kea554 40571 0.0 0.0 12484 0 - A Jul 13 4:08

      /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/DeveloperTools/vnc/Xvnc :6 -desktop X -httpd

  4. Select any number from 1 to 99 that is not in use.

  5. Press F3 to return to the command line interface.

  6. Type SBMJOB CMD(CALL PGM(QP2SHELL) PARM('/usr/bin/X11/X' '-vfb' ':N')) JOB(XVFB) JOBQ(QSYSNOMAX) ALWMLTTHD(*YES) on the command line to start the HTML rendering server, where N is the display number.

  7. Verify that the HTML rendering server is started by repeating the prior steps to start PASE and list the active servers, confirming that an HTML rendering server with display number is in the list.


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