Hello once again,
Finally! Online with RedHat 5.2, Arachne in a Box, and it looks quite
promising.
Not perfect though.
Using 256 color svga server, 1 MB CLGD5446 (onboard pci "card"), 450 MB
DOS partition, M$DOS 6.22, virtual 486 dos machine with 2 MB RAM,
arachne in 256 color mode turns the xwindow screen to false color. (all
resolutions available).
(Linux game XBOING does the same, but unlike xboing, arachne does run
together with netscape)
Arachne virtual screen works (even with the 2 MB RAM)
(PPP_INIT page load time 0:10)
Probably this would change with a higher color definition in xwindow,
which would limit the screen to 800x600, but the "linux for dummies"
manual doesn't say much about that. (neither does "linux in 24 hours")
So far I didn't succeed in connecting with arachne through the linux ppp
connection, but I'm not really sure wether that's supposed to work.
There's a problem with the text mode character sets, causing window
borders to appear in characters.
Maybe someone (Steve?) can help me to optimize xdos and arachne.
I guess it must be possible to copy and paste from nxterm and dosbox
(text mode) to netscape, but how?
Currently I use alternate config.sys and autoexec in xdos, but I don't
really know what services can be used from linux.
The mouse cursor takes a little synchronisation, as the arachne cursor
appears in the upper left corner, and starts to move with the xwindow
cursor that may enter the dosbox at another location. (So I have to
move the cursor to the corner to pick up arachne's cursor properly)
I'll attach my current dosemu.conf.
Bart
#############################################################################
# Tis file is /etc/dosemu.conf, included by /var/lib/dosemu/global.conf
#
# Linux DOSEMU configuration for parser versions >= 3 (dosemu-0.97.0.1)
#
# ./doc/README.txt (chapter 2.) contains a description of the syntax
# and the usage of dosemu.conf.
#
#
# Access rights are defined in
#
# /etc/dosemu.users
#
##############################################################################
# Notes for editing this section:
#
# In $_xxx = (n) n is a numerical or boolean value
# = =
# In $_zzz = "s" s is a string
#
# Please edit only beteen the brakets and quotes and keep the rest intact.
# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
$_debug = "-a" # same format as -D commandline option
# (but without the -D in front)
$_timint = (on) # emulate INT08 type timer interrupts
$_mathco = (on) # or off
$_cpu = (80486) # CPU emulation, valid values: 80[345]86
$_rdtsc = (on) # if possible use Pentium cycle counter
$_cpuspeed = (0) # 0 = calibrated by dosemu, else given (e.g.166.666)
$_pci = (on)
$_xms = (2048) # in Kbyte
$_ems = (0) # in Kbyte
$_ems_frame = (0xe000)
$_dpmi = (off) # in Kbyte
$_dosmem = (640) # in Kbyte, < 640
$_hardware_ram = "" # list of segment values/ranges such as
# "0xc8000 range 0xcc000,0xcffff"
$_secure ="ngd" # secure for: n (normal users), g (guest), d (dexe)
# empty string: depending on 'restricted'
# "0": always insecure (not recommended)
$_odd_hosts = "" # black list such as "lucifer.hell.com billy.the.cat"
$_diskless_hosts="" # black list such as "hacker1 newbee gateway1"
$_emusys = "EMM" # empty or 3 char., config.sys -> config.XXX
$_emubat = "EMU" # empty or 3 char., autoexec.bat -> autoexec.XXX
$_emuini = "" # empty or 3 char., system.ini -> system.XXX
$_hogthreshold = (1) # 0 == all CPU power to DOSEMU
$_irqpassing = "4 5 7 12" # list of IRQ number (2-15) to pass to DOS such as
# "3 8 10"
$_speaker = "native" # or "native" or "emulated"
$_term_char_set = "ibm" # Global code page and character set selection.
# "" == automatic, else: ibm, latin, latin1, latin2
$_term_color = (on) # terminal with color support
$_term_updfreq = (4) # time between refreshs (units: 20 == 1 second)
$_escchar = (30) # 30 == Ctrl-^, special-sequence prefix
$_rawkeyboard = (0) # bypass normal keyboard input, maybe dangerous
$_layout = "us" # one of: finnish(-latin1), de(-latin1), be, it, us
# uk, dk(-latin1), keyb-no, no-latin1, dvorak, po
# sg(-latin1), fr(-latin1), sf(-latin1), es(-latin1)
# sw, hu(-latin2), hu-cwi, keyb-user
$_keybint = (on) # emulate PCish keyboard interrupt
$_X_updfreq = (5) # time between refreshs (units: 20 == 1 second)
$_X_title = "DOS in a BOX" # Title in the top bar of the window
$_X_icon_name = "xdos" # Text for icon, when minimized
$_X_keycode = (off) # on == translate keybord via dosemu keytables
$_X_blinkrate = (8) # blink rate for the cursor
$_X_font = "" # basename from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/*
# (without extension) e.g. "vga"
$_X_mitshm = (on) # Use shared memory extensions
$_X_sharecmap = (off) # share the colormap with other applications
$_X_fixed_aspect = (on) # Set fixed aspect for resize the graphics window
$_X_aspect_43 = (on) # Always use an aspect ratio of 4:3 for graphics
$_X_lin_filt = (off) # Use linear filtering for >15 bpp interpolation
$_X_bilin_filt = (off) # Use bi-linear filtering for >15 bpp interpolation
$_X_mode13fact = (2) # initial size factor for video mode 0x13 (320x200)
$_X_winsize = "" # "x,y" of initial windows size (defaults to float)
$_X_gamma = (1.0) # gamma correction
$_X_vgaemu_memsize = (1024) # size (in Kbytes) of the frame buffer for emulated vga
$_X_lfb = (on) # use linear frame buffer in VESA modes
$_X_pm_interface = (on) # use protected mode interface for VESA modes
$_X_mgrab_key = "" # KeySym name to activate mouse grab, empty == off
$_X_vesamode = "640,480 800,600" # "xres,yres ... xres,yres"
# List of vesamodes to add. The list has to contain
# SPACE separated "xres,yres" pairs
$_video = "vga" # one of: plainvga, vga, ega, mda, mga, cga
$_console = (0) # use 'console' video
$_graphics = (0) # use the cards BIOS to set graphics
$_videoportaccess = (1) # allow videoportaccess when 'graphics' enabled
$_vbios_seg = (0xc000) # set the address of your VBIOS (e.g. 0xe000)
$_vbios_size = (0x10000)# set the size of your BIOS (e.g. 0x8000)
$_vmemsize = (1024) # size of regen buffer
$_chipset = "cirrus" # one of: plainvga, trident, et4000, diamond, avance
# cirrus, matrox, wdvga, paradise
$_dualmon = (0) # if you have one vga _plus_ one hgc (2 monitors)
$_vbootfloppy = "" # if you want to boot from a virtual floppy:
# file name of the floppy image under /var/lib/dosemu
# e.g. "floppyimage" disables $_hdimage
# "floppyimage +hd" does _not_ disable $_hdimage
$_floppy_a ="threeinch" # or "fiveinch" or empty, if not existing
$_floppy_b = "" # dito for B:
$_hdimage = "/dev/hda1" # list of hdimages under /var/lib/dosemu
# assigned in this order such as
# "hdimage_c hdimage_d hdimage_e"
# If the name begins with '/dev/', then partion
# access is done instead of virtual hdimage such as
# "/dev/hda1" or "/dev/hda1:ro" for readonly
# Currently mounted devices and swap are refused.
# Hdimages and devices may be mixed such as
# "hdimage_c /dev/hda1 /dev/hda3:ro"
# Note: 'wholedisk' is _not_ supported.
$_hdimage_r = $_hdimage # hdimages for 'restricted access (if different)
$_com1 = "" # e.g. "/dev/mouse" or "/dev/cua0"
$_com2 = "" # e.g. "/dev/modem" or "/dev/cua1"
$_com3 = "/dev/modem" # dito "/dev/cua2"
$_com4 = "" # dito "/dev/cua3"
$_ttylocks = "" # Lock directory (e.g. "/var/lock")
# default ("") is /usr/spool/uucp
$_mouse = "ps2" # one of: microsoft, mousesystems, logitech, mmseries
# mouseman, hitachi, busmouse, ps2
$_mouse_dev = "/dev/mouse" # one of: com1, com2, com3, com4 or /dev/mouse
$_mouse_flags = "" # list of none or one or more of:
# "emulate3buttons cleardtr"
$_mouse_baud = (0) # baudrate, 0 == don't set
$_printer = "lp" # list of (/etc/printcap) printer names to appear as
# LPT1, LPT2, LPT3 (not all are needed, empty for none)
$_printer_timeout = (20)# idle time in seconds before spooling out
$_ports = "" # list of portnumbers such as "0x1ce 0x1cf 0x238"
# or "0x1ce range 0x280,0x29f 310"
# or "range 0x1a0,(0x1a0+15)"
$_ipxsupport = (off) # or on
$_novell_hack = (off)
$_vnet = (off) # 'on' for packet-multi (used by dosnet)
$_sound = (on) # sound support on/off
$_sb_base = (0x220)
$_sb_irq = (5)
$_sb_dma = (1)
$_sb_dsp = "/dev/dsp"
$_sb_mixer = "/dev/mixer"
$_mpu_base = "0x330"
