Turned out to be real simple, and worked OK with 1.0.2. Using "xdosemu" opened its own xterm window, "DOS in a Box", and Sherlock ran quite well ... drag and drop on the clues was a little slow, and my "virtual full screen" looked like it was only 640x480 (my screen is set to 800x600) so the resolution was a little rough in spots ... but it was PLAYABLE and that's what counts.
I guess the reason I didn't try xdosemu was just sloppy thinking - "x" means it runs in a window and this program runs full-screen NOT in a window so we shouldn't use "x"... definitely a brain-fart! Jim Hartley Stas Sergeev wrote: > Hello. > > Jim Hartley wrote: > > So what's the trick? You say "xdos" ... does that mean I use "xdosemu" > > to run it? > Yes. "xdosemu" is a link to a startup script > called "dosemu", but it makes sense which one > to start. > xdos is a link to a binary called "dos", which > was used in older dosemu versions and still > works for me (you probably don't have it, so use > xdosemu). > > > And you mention 1.1.13 > I think I mentioned 1.1.3 :) > > > that's a development version, not a > > "stable" version, right? > Right, but it is hard to say which one is really > stable. They both have some known bugs, but my > personal opinion is that 1.1.3 is more stable > than 1.0.2.1 in many cases except DPMI support. > Atleast it closes many known bugs from 1.0 branch. > > > But I guess I can get it and try it if it will > > help > If you have graphics at least in a single game > but not in sherlock, then yes, go ahead and try > 1.1.3. > But if you can't get any graphics at all, then > better focus on some docs to find out what are > you doing incorrectly. > In general x-dos must open a separate window > called something like "DOS in X Box". If your > dos starts up directly in xterm instead, then > you have problems. > > > I assume I'll have to build it from a source tarball? > Yep. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
