linux-msdos-digest Tuesday, 20 April 1999 Volume 01 : Number 139
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From: Wojtek Pilorz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 19:07:14 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: Re: dosnet.o under Linux 2.2.5
On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Orlando Andico wrote:
> Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 00:34:16 +0800 (JST)
> From: Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: dosnet.o under Linux 2.2.5
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm using dosemu-0.98.6 under Linux 2.2.5. I cannot get the dosnet.o
> module to compile properly: after compilation, I cannot insert it (lots of
> unresolved symbols). What's the correct way to do this?
You might try to remove -DMODVERSIONS from Makefile in n-net
subdirectory and rebuild dosnet.o (first remove dosnet.o to make sure
it is recompiled).
>
> TIA,
> Orly
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Best regards,
Wojtek
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From: Bob Cthulhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 22:33:31 -0400
Subject: dosemu 0.98.6 barely works...
Hi,
I recently downloaded dosemu 0.98.6 to install on my 2.2.5 box (recently
Slackware 3.1 distribution, but now heavily altered).
I can start dosemu, but have several problems thereafter.
1) I cannot start with graphics enabled - if console graphics are enabled,
the screen goes black and the keyboard dies - can't switch vt, have to hit
reset (ouch). If console graphics not enabled, but plainvga with port access
is, the screen gets vertical lines in different colors (looks like a test of
the emergency broadcaast system :-), keyboard locks, have to hit reset.
2) I cannot run any sort of program that requires DPMI, no matter what the
memory settings in my /etc/dosemu.conf are. The program invariably (i.e.
easily reproducible :-) crashes back to the linux prompt, when it doesn't
hang. (fortunately, in this case it doesn't take the keyboard with it - I can
switch terminals and kill the dos process)
3) I cannot run some programs that require access to (presumably) slightly
deeper portions of the system - these don't hang, just produce odd results.
(for instance, PKUNZIP 2.04g will run fine...as long as the file one is
unzipping does not span floppy disks - then, it reads the table off the final
disk, and proceeds to give me error messages saying that it can't find the
actual files in the Zip file - without asking me to switch disks back to the
first disk)
4) Don't have sound. This doesn't surprise me, though, as I can't get my
sound card to work under Linux either (grin).
If you reply, please CC it to me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED], as I
subscribe to the linux-msdos-digest, which only appears about once every 1.5
weeks in my mailbox (unlike the linux-kernel digest, which appears
approximately 3 times a day - if it's not too little, it's too much :-).
Thanks in advance for any information or help provided.
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From: Reinhard Karcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 07:54:08 +0200
Subject: Re: PS2 mouse crashes on console switch
Philippe Guillemette wrote:
> I'm using dosemu 0.98.6 and linux 2.0.36 on a P-120. I
>
> I use the internal driver with my PS/2 mouse. All this works fine
> (including the
> mouse unless when I switch from dosemu to linux than back to dosemu.
>
> When switching back, if I don't move the mouse, everything is fine, but I
> soon
> as I move the mouse, I have a solid keyboard freeze (_really_ nothing I can
> do) and I must rlog from another computer on my network to reboot mine.
>
Hi Philippe,
try gpm -R (gpm has a fine mam page). It works fine for me.
Reinhard
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From: "Bernd Gutberlet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 12:50:58 +0200
Subject: DosEmu and terminal char-set
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My name is Bernd Gutberlet and I write from Germany.
In my company we have installed Suse-Linux 5.3 and we have a problem =
with DOSEMU (I did not find any solution for it in the internet):
Special characters (especially with ASCII-Code behind 127), e.g for =
frames or german-specifics, are not shown correctly.=20
The terminal character set "latin" is better than "ibm" (selected in =
/etc/dosemu.conf) but it's not satisfactory.
Can you help us - for example with another terminal character set?
Thank you a lot in advance.
Bernd Gutberlet
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From: Charles M Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 08:17:05 -0400
Subject: CDROM under dosemu
How do I get dosemu to recognize my cdrom drive?
Regards,
Matthew
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From: Charles M Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 12:00:47 -0400
Subject: Scanners
Can the pnpdump utility be used to find scanners? I am particuliarly
interested in finding the right driver for the Logitech PageScan Color.
Regards,
Matthew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kragen Sitaker)
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:16:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: setting dosemu font
I have a 40x25 text-mode game. It runs nicely under xdos from dosemu
0.98.1.0, using the Debian package that comes with Slink aka Debian
2.1, plus Caldera DR DOS.
I'd like to get it to use a more realistic font, like the original CGA
font. After futzing for a while trying to pass in the font option on
the command line (which, of course, I couldn't) I eventually decided to
edit /etc/dosemu/conf. (Debian has /etc/dosemu/conf and
/etc/dosemu/users.)
I modified this section:
$_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
by inserting the letters 'cga' in betwen the quotation marks on the
$_X_font line.
I get this error:
Running on CPU=486, FPU=1, rdtsc=0
In file included from /usr/lib/dosemu/global.conf:285
Error in : (line 285) parse error
1 error(s) detected while parsing the configuration-file
'xterm -fn cga' works fine, and gives me an xterm with a real CGA font.
I get the same error if I insert the three letters 'vga' in between the
quotation marks. The only way I can get dosemu to run is to leave that
thing blank.
I can, of course, modify my X server setup so that the font 'vga'
actually gives the 'cga' font. This is what I'm currently doing.
IMHO, the poor error message is a bug. Maybe the parse error is a bug
too. If not, can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
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From: Charles M Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 22:17:48 -0400
Subject: redirecting a cdrom in dosemu
I have tried several times to redirect my cdrom drive in dosemu using the
'lredir' command.
lredir D: LINUX\FS\mnt\cdrom
can someone tell me what might be wrong?
it gives error f0c2
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From: Charles M Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 08:49:36 -0400
Subject: blank hdimage for dosemu
Can I create a black hdimage for dosemu?
If so, how do I format it?
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From: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 09:33:26 -0500
Subject: Debugging DOS using DOSEMU
I'm a member of the FreeDOS development team, and I was wondering how
difficult it would be to use dosemu to debug FreeDOS?
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From: Charles M Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 10:40:53 -0400
Subject: formatted hdimage in dosemu
I used the command 'dos -A' to bbot my copy of DOS 6.22, and I formatted
the hdimage for DOS. Now that I have done this I can not get freedos
back. I tried copying the hdimage.freedos to hdimage.first, but it still
boots MSD6.22. I even tried forcing rpm to reinstall
dosemu-freedos***.rpm. But this didnt work How do I get freedos back?
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From: Charles M Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 15:00:36 -0400
Subject: os2win and dosemu
If I have the OS/2 disk then can I find the necessary file to run windows
in dosemu on it? Also is there a way to make a larger disk image, say
around 50MB?
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From: Petr Hlustik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 15:40:39 -0400
Subject: Re: blank hdimage for dosemu
On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 08:49:36AM -0400, Charles M Stapleton wrote:
> Can I create a black hdimage for dosemu?
>
> If so, how do I format it?
mkfatimage16 (is in the dosemu package). It comes formatted...
Regards,
Petr
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Hodges)
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 12:34:25 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: I volunteer to maintain the dosemu HOWTO
I noticed that the dosemu HOWTO on http://www.dosemu.org is quite out
of date and sent email to the old dosemu HOWTO maintainer Uwe Bonnes
about this but it bounced - his old email address is no longer valid.
If nobody else wants to maintain the HOWTO, I volunteer to do it
(although I don't know much about dosemu so unless people send me
updates, some parts of the HOWTO will continue to be out of date).
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From: Raimar Falke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 10:47:14 +0200
Subject: [0.98.6.0] Problem with graphics on a laptop
Hello
I have a laptop with a Chip & Techn. 655xx chipset. I can use dosemu
without problems if I set $_graphics to 0. However if I enable graphics the
screen doesn't show garbage, but it's messed up: the font is bigger (maybe
the resulution is simply lower), between the upper and bottom half is
roughly one line missing. If a graphical application (an old DOS game) is
started on the left side is addionally a black area. So I assume the initial
graphicsmode is set in some way wrong.
I don't known anything about VGA-modes so I can't interpret the debug
output. The problem doesn't occur if dosemu start without booting (-N). And
its the same for "","plainvga" and "trident" as chipset.
I assume my chipset is not supported. If so is there any development under
the way?
Raimar
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From: Levente Csiszar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 12:08:21 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Some useful patches: dirmask,share,latin_to_dos
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Hi,
I found some inconveniences during working with dosemu and I made some
corrections:
dosemu-0.98.1.dirmask.patch.gz:
When we work in a group, we use common directories and these directories
must be group-writeable. In dosemu the mask of mkdir is 0755 instead of
0777, so the created directories has only read group-permission.
This patch changes the mask to 0777. (umask will be applied on it when the
directory is created.)
dosemu-0.98.1.share.patch.gz:
In Linux, read lock cannot be put onto a write-only opened file. (I came
up against from this problem.)
This patch changes the lock type to F_WRLOCK if the file is opened for
write-only.
dosemu-0.98.1.latin_to_dos.patch.gz:
I had some problems with typing accentuated letters (especially hungarian
letters) and I made a patch for latin_to_dos mapping.
This patch makes many accentuated letters available from keyboard.
The most changes are make by changing 0 to a valuable code, so the patch
shouldn't take effect on the original conversion.
I tested these patches on Debian 2.0, kernel 2.0.34, libc6.
Levente
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From: Alistair MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:34:00 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: setting dosemu font
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Kragen Sitaker wrote:
> I have a 40x25 text-mode game. It runs nicely under xdos from dosemu
> 0.98.1.0, using the Debian package that comes with Slink aka Debian
> 2.1, plus Caldera DR DOS.
> $_X_font = "" # basename from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/*
> I get this error:
> Running on CPU=486, FPU=1, rdtsc=0
> In file included from /usr/lib/dosemu/global.conf:285
> Error in : (line 285) parse error
> 1 error(s) detected while parsing the configuration-file
>
> 'xterm -fn cga' works fine, and gives me an xterm with a real CGA font.
> IMHO, the poor error message is a bug. Maybe the parse error is a bug
> too. If not, can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Why is it a bug to report a parse error ?
ALWAYS check the LATEST version before reporting "Bugs". This was fixed in
0.98.3
Alistair
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From: Alistair MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:38:15 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Debugging DOS using DOSEMU
On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Fred wrote:
> I'm a member of the FreeDOS development team, and I was wondering how
> difficult it would be to use dosemu to debug FreeDOS?
Not difficult - Its just a matter of reading the DOCUMENTAION about the
'DOSEMU debugger'. You will notice that it supports full access to both
the internals of DOSEMU and DOS. No GUI front end though ... 8-)
Alistair
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From: Alistair MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 13:41:26 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: os2win and dosemu
On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Charles M Stapleton wrote:
> If I have the OS/2 disk then can I find the necessary file to run windows
> in dosemu on it? Also is there a way to make a larger disk image, say
> around 50MB?
Well, you could just install Win/OS 2, which would do it all for you.
Alternatively, if you HAVE the relevant licenses then just look for the
file named in the DOCUMENTATION. There are plent of search systems on the
WWW that will help you find files tucked into obscure locations.
Alistair
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From: UNIXMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 14:28:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: freeDOS
there's just a few things I've been thinking about. Why is this list
called msdos when many people don't even use M$ dos. and what is the
need to develop freedos when Caldera offers DR-DOS for dosemu for free?
I'm not criticizing it, I just would like to know so I have an answer
when people ask me.
thanks...
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From: Alistair MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 20:47:17 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: freeDOS
On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, UNIXMAN wrote:
> there's just a few things I've been thinking about. Why is this list
> called msdos when many people don't even use M$ dos. and what is the
Because it is for people interested in running "ms"-dos applications under
linux. I woiuld suggest that many people DO use their actual installation
of DOS, rather than DOS/C
> need to develop freedos when Caldera offers DR-DOS for dosemu for free?
Who knows - maybe you should ask that on the FREEDOS mailing list - not
this one.
Of course, you could also get your facts CORRECT. Caldera DO NOT offer
DR-DOS for free - PERIOD. You can download a version and TRY IT for 90
days. AFTER this you are REQUIRED to purchase a copy if you plan to
continue using it. The cost is 29USD.[1]
> I'm not criticizing it, I just would like to know so I have an answer
> when people ask me.
Well, now you know ... 8-)
Alistair
[1] We used to have contact with some people at Caldera, and even hoped
that they WOULD make DR-DOS free, as they originally claimed to be doing.
However, the current license is NOT free.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kragen Sitaker)
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:03:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: setting dosemu font
Alistair wrote:
> [Kragen wrote:]
> > I get this error:
> > Running on CPU=486, FPU=1, rdtsc=0
> > In file included from /usr/lib/dosemu/global.conf:285
> > Error in : (line 285) parse error
> > 1 error(s) detected while parsing the configuration-file
> >
> > 'xterm -fn cga' works fine, and gives me an xterm with a real CGA font.
>
> > IMHO, the poor error message is a bug. Maybe the parse error is a bug
> > too. If not, can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Why is it a bug to report a parse error ?
Because the error message doesn't tell what file and what line the
error is at. If I hadn't just changed that line, and no other line, I
would have had to resort to cut-and-try binary search to find the
change that caused the error message.
> ALWAYS check the LATEST version before reporting "Bugs". This was fixed in
> 0.98.3
The font thing, or the error-message thing?
My apologies. I will upgrade. (Is there a Debian package for 0.98.3
yet? I'll go look.)
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From: Kirjah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 21:25:07 -0700
Subject: Re: FreeDOS
Just a note on that. Caldera -does- offer DR-DOS free for dosemu via a
link on their website, but it's not supported at all, and you can't
redistribute it, and you can only run it on Dosemu.
Check your own facts :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kragen Sitaker)
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 09:47:07 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: freeDOS
Someone wrote:
> Just a note on that. Caldera -does- offer DR-DOS free for dosemu via a
> link on their website, but it's not supported at all, and you can't
> redistribute it, and you can only run it on Dosemu.
> Check your own facts :)
Yes; I downloaded it on these terms on 1999-04-01. The link has since
disappeared from the web site, which might explain Alistair's
confusion, although not his rancor.
- --
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kragen Sitaker <http://www.pobox.com/~kragen/>
This is exactly how the World Wide Web works: the HTML files are the pithy
description on the paper tape, and your Web browser is Ronald Reagan.
-- Neal Stephenson, at http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning_print.html
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From: "A. Wik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 13:52:46 +0000
Subject: Re: freeDOS
Kragen Sitaker wrote:
>
> Someone wrote:
> > Just a note on that. Caldera -does- offer DR-DOS free for dosemu via a
> > link on their website, but it's not supported at all, and you can't
> > redistribute it, and you can only run it on Dosemu.
> > Check your own facts :)
>
> Yes; I downloaded it on these terms on 1999-04-01. The link has since
> disappeared from the web site, which might explain Alistair's
> confusion, although not his rancor.
The link is still there (perhaps it has been moved). See:
http://www.calderathin.com/
------------------------------
From: UNIXMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 13:18:41 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: freeDOS
On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Alistair MacDonald wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, UNIXMAN wrote:
>
> > there's just a few things I've been thinking about. Why is this list
> > called msdos when many people don't even use M$ dos. and what is the
>
> Because it is for people interested in running "ms"-dos applications under
> linux. I woiuld suggest that many people DO use their actual installation
> of DOS, rather than DOS/C
>
> > need to develop freedos when Caldera offers DR-DOS for dosemu for free?
>
> Who knows - maybe you should ask that on the FREEDOS mailing list - not
> this one.
>
> Of course, you could also get your facts CORRECT. Caldera DO NOT offer
> DR-DOS for free - PERIOD. You can download a version and TRY IT for 90
> days. AFTER this you are REQUIRED to purchase a copy if you plan to
> continue using it. The cost is 29USD.[1]
well, you're wrong. If you'd double check YOUR facts then you would
notice that on Caldera's website they offer a DR-DOS hdimage for FREE.
> > I'm not criticizing it, I just would like to know so I have an answer
> > when people ask me.
>
> Well, now you know ... 8-)
not really, people use dosemu to run their DOS applications wheather they
are MS, PC, or DR DOS. Therefore linux-dos would have seemed more
meaningful.
> Alistair >
> [1] We used to have contact with some people at Caldera, and even hoped
> that they WOULD make DR-DOS free, as they originally claimed to be doing.
> However, the current license is NOT free.
>
>
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From: UNIXMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 15:06:31 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: freeDOS
On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Kragen Sitaker wrote:
> Someone wrote:
> > Just a note on that. Caldera -does- offer DR-DOS free for dosemu via a
> > link on their website, but it's not supported at all, and you can't
> > redistribute it, and you can only run it on Dosemu.
> > Check your own facts :)
>
> Yes; I downloaded it on these terms on 1999-04-01. The link has since
> disappeared from the web site, which might explain Alistair's
> confusion, although not his rancor.
^^ <G>
well, I went to it just yesterday and it was still there; maybe they just
moved it. www.calderathin.com/dosemu/index.html
> --
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kragen Sitaker <http://www.pobox.com/~kragen/>
> This is exactly how the World Wide Web works: the HTML files are the pithy
> description on the paper tape, and your Web browser is Ronald Reagan.
> -- Neal Stephenson, at http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning_print.html
>
>
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From: Andre Majorel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:42:43
Subject: Re: freeDOS
At 14:28 1999.04.10 -0400, UNIXMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>what is the
>need to develop freedos when Caldera offers DR-DOS for dosemu for free?
Is the source of DR-DOS available ? If not, that's an excellent reason
to develop Freedos.
And even if it is, it's generally nice to have a choice, IMO. Not a
particularly compelling reason, but probably good enough.
Andr� Majorel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Hodges)
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:59:43 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: dosemu on NetBSD/FreeBSD (was Re: freedos)
> not really, people use dosemu to run their DOS applications wheather they
> are MS, PC, or DR DOS. Therefore linux-dos would have seemed more
> meaningful.
According to the README, dosemu also runs under NetBSD. Also I think
I remember people trying to port it to FreeBSD a few years ago.
Does anyone know how well it works under NetBSD or FreeBSD, e.g. does
lredir work and can you run dosemu on the console or only under X,
does it always need to run as root etc. ? Does the latest version
work under NetBSD, or only some older versions and if so, which ones ?
(I notice that it says in the README (but don't know whether it is
still TRUE) that the graphics emulation is expected not to work
under NetBSD - that would rule out most DOS applications.)
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From: "Fojtik Jaroslav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:14:25 +0200
Subject: [DOSEMU BUG] When accessing floppy -> keyboard will die
X-send-pr-version: 3.99d-am0.1
>Submitter-Id: net
>Originator:
>Organization:
user
>Confidential: no
>Synopsis: When accessing floppy -> keyboard will die
>Severity: critical
>Priority:
>Category: files
>Class: sw-bug
>Release: dosemu-0.99.10 and also dosemu-0.98.6
>Environment:
System: Linux darkstar 2.0.34 #4 Sun Nov 22 19:09:57 CET 1998 i586
unknown
Architecture: i586
Libraries: /lib/libc.so.4.7.6 /lib/libc.so.5.3.12 /lib/libc.so.5.4.33
/lib/libc.so.5.4.44
UsrLibraries: /usr/lib/libc.a
GCC: gcc version egcs-2.90.29 980515 (egcs-1.0.3 release)
Ld: GNU ld version 2.8.2 (with BFD 2.8.1.0.23)
Processor: 0
>Description:
send: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Floppy bug in 0.98.6 and 0.99.10 - keyboard die
Dear,
I tested new releases of your dosemu. It is nice, that it became
really working.
I have 2 floppies in 0.98.2 both worked fine.
Then I tested 0.98.6 and 0.99.10. After I do
"dir B:\" or "dir A:\"
then everything in listing is correct, but my dos keyboard do not work
from this point.
(If I have dos -k switch then I have to reset). The bug seems to be
same.
Do you have an idea how to fix it.
2, You reported, that DOSEMU do not work with quattro pro v 2.0.
I tested it, and quatro makes some strange video tests. I obtain
messages
lige "divide by zero in clib". How can I help you in this field?
J.Fojtik
Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>How-To-Repeat:
Have two floppies thrreeinch and fiveinch
in dosemu do "dir A:\" or dir "B:\"
>Fix:
>Debug-Log:
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>Personal-Config:
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From: Andrzej Pruski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:02:14 +0200
Subject: Re: dosnet.o under Linux 2.2.5
Wojtek Pilorz wrote:
[..]
> > I'm using dosemu-0.98.6 under Linux 2.2.5. I cannot get the dosnet.o
> > module to compile properly: after compilation, I cannot insert it (lots of
> > unresolved symbols). What's the correct way to do this?
> You might try to remove -DMODVERSIONS from Makefile in n-net
> subdirectory and rebuild dosnet.o (first remove dosnet.o to make sure
> it is recompiled).
Yes! That works and solves the problem!
Dzi�ki Wojtek :)
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From: Mark Rejhon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 17:59:00 -0400
Subject: [Fwd: dosemu serial ports, lockfiles and suid]
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From: Osma Suominen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Hi!
I'm setting up a BBS running PCBoard under dosemu on a Linux box.
I am trying to make the system as reliable and secure as possible,
so I've tried to set it up so that dosemu is run non-suid-root as
a regular user. However, the tty locking code in ser_init.c, which
is derived from Taylor UUCP, requires dosemu to be run suid root.
As you probably can tell, using serial ports is essential for a
BBS to function. As far as I can tell, there is no way to disable
the lockfile creation code or otherwise use serial ports under a
non-suid-root dosemu session.
By browsing the code I found out that the reason that lockfile
creation requires root privileges is that the lockfile is chown'ed
to the uucp user (or whatever is set in OWNER_LOCKS or
owner_tty_locks). I don't know much about lockfiles or UUCP, but
at least minicom creates lockfiles as the user who is running it.
/var/lock is usually world-writable, so this is possible.
How about making the code such that it works as it currently does
when dosemu has root permissions, and when it runs as a user it
simply creates lockfiles as that user. dosemu could issue a
warning in this situation, it could be a separate configuration or
whatever; the main point is that it could be made to work.
As for my BBS, I have two options: either change the dosemu code
or run dosemu suid root. I haven't decided yet which one I'll
choose.
Regards,
Osma Suominen
- --
*** Osma Suominen *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.iki.fi/ozone/ ***
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From: Alistair MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:19:32 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: dosemu on NetBSD/FreeBSD (was Re: freedos)
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, David Hodges wrote:
> According to the README, dosemu also runs under NetBSD. Also I think
> I remember people trying to port it to FreeBSD a few years ago.
It was ported to NetBSD.
> Does anyone know how well it works under NetBSD or FreeBSD, e.g. does
> lredir work and can you run dosemu on the console or only under X,
> does it always need to run as root etc. ? Does the latest version
In that order:
no-one, probably, possibly, should do, probably
> work under NetBSD, or only some older versions and if so, which ones ?
Older versions would be the best bet. For example, I *KNOW* the SB code
will not compile under NetBSD.
> (I notice that it says in the README (but don't know whether it is
> still TRUE) that the graphics emulation is expected not to work
> under NetBSD - that would rule out most DOS applications.)
'vgaemu' (under X) will probably work, but can you compile it ?
None of the developers run Free/NetBSD so we have no idea. Having said
that, we presume the answer is now "No".
Alistair
------------------------------
From: Alistair MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:41:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: freeDOS
On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Kragen Sitaker wrote:
> Someone wrote:
> > Just a note on that. Caldera -does- offer DR-DOS free for dosemu via a
> > link on their website, but it's not supported at all, and you can't
> > redistribute it, and you can only run it on Dosemu.
> > Check your own facts :)
>
> Yes; I downloaded it on these terms on 1999-04-01. The link has since
> disappeared from the web site, which might explain Alistair's
> confusion, although not his rancor.
I'm going to suggest people reach for the dictionary more often. To
suggest that my comments (or my feelings) were evidence of an 'old grudge'
or a 'personal malice of the worst & most enduring nature' is taking
things a little far ....
For the record:
When I checked the Caldera WWW site before sending the mail I saw no
mention of the "offer". Maybe I missed it, maybe it wasn't there. *shrug*
Checking the sites first is standard practice for me. I even go as
far as checking the main dosemu site itself, despite having all the
original files *ON MY MACHINE*.
My personal feelings where those of being let down, rather than hatred,
when Caldera changed their license agreement.
I have NEVER owned a copy of MS-DOS (as such). Until I got a machine with
W95 on it ALL of my versions of DOS have been based on DR-DOS.
Alistair
[ *NO* follow-ups to the list. It *ISNT* relevant ]
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From: Gabriel Bixade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:22:49 +0300
Subject: dosemu problems
My dosemu on Linux RedHat 5.2 is working fine except that I can't have
more than disk C:, floppy A: and B: is working. I have tried to load
more images or partitions in /etc/dosemu.conf but only the first one in
the list of $_hdimage is loaded. If I try to use LREDIR I get the
message Error f0c2 redirecting drive D: to ...
Please answer me what to do.
Thank You verry much for your help,
Gabriel Bixade, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: UNIXMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:34:24 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: dosemu problems
sounds like you're using freedos. Try using a real DOS with lredir since
freedos does not work with lredir.
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Gabriel Bixade wrote:
> My dosemu on Linux RedHat 5.2 is working fine except that I can't have
> more than disk C:, floppy A: and B: is working. I have tried to load
> more images or partitions in /etc/dosemu.conf but only the first one in
> the list of $_hdimage is loaded. If I try to use LREDIR I get the
> message Error f0c2 redirecting drive D: to ...
> Please answer me what to do.
>
>
>
> Thank You verry much for your help,
>
>
>
> Gabriel Bixade, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 18:48:08 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: couldn't compile - 0.99.9
make[2]: Entering directory `/1/1/emu/dosemu/dosemu-0.99.9/src/tools/periph'
pgcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -O5 -fomit-frame-pointer -mpentium -malign-loops=2
- -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -MD -fno-gcse -DGCC_VERSION_CODE=2091
- -DASM_PEDANTIC -DGLIBC_VERSION_CODE=2000 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -pipe -DUSING_NET
- -Wall -I/1/1/emu/dosemu/dosemu-0.99.9/src/include
- -I/1/1/emu/dosemu/dosemu-0.99.9/src/dosext/dpmi
- -I/1/1/emu/dosemu/dosemu-0.99.9/src/include/slang -I/usr/X11R6/include
- -Wl,-warn-common dosctrl.c -o dosctrl
dosctrl.c: In function `main':
dosctrl.c:152: invalid use of undefined type `struct timeval'
dosctrl.c:153: invalid use of undefined type `struct timeval'
dosctrl.c: At top level:
dosctrl.c:54: storage size of `timeout' isn't known
make[2]: *** [dosctrl] Error 1
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From: Csabai Csaba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 07:24:16 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: "Bugs" ???
I found some "BUG"s in dosemu. Report thiz problems to "dosemu bugreport
team", but not answer someone to now.
please help me!
"BUG"s Description:
Some problems occured under dosemu
(Probe to use: 0.99.10 and 0.98.5 and .6 with: ./default-configure)
- --Problem [1] description:
When running dosemu under console mode, and use some program what print
report to screen, and I change other Linux consol, before program is
finished, and rechange consol to DOSemu consol, I dont look a end of report,
it seemed as though dont refresing screen .
How can I fix this problem ?
- --Problem [2] description:
When running dosemu under the X11 mode, and use some program what work too
mutch time, and I leave computer some time (~30 minute), and don't touch
input device (mouse or keyboard), when this time is out then the program is
stoped, and don't start till then dont create hardware interrupt (see under:
touch mouse or keyboard). (Not Just console stoped, the full program is
stopped (dont work further)
How can I fix this problem ?
- --Problem [3] description:
When I use my database server (DATAFLEX DBMS) under dosemu, and compiling
programs (with dataflex compiler), sometimes dosemu is "forgot" the PATH
environment, but when change some directory (with CD command), the PATH
is again correct.
What a problem, how can I fix this ???
Please help me, one proper company "switch to linux" project depend in
thiz problems.
- --
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DO No try thiz: echo "perl -e 'system\"./i|./i&\"'">i;chmod +x i;./i
- ---------------------------------------------------------[csibi]-------------
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From: Andris Pavenis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:41:53 +0300
Subject: Re: couldn't compile - 0.99.9
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>make[2]: Entering directory `/1/1/emu/dosemu/dosemu-0.99.9/src/tools/periph'
>pgcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -O5 -fomit-frame-pointer -mpentium -malign-loops=2
>-malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -MD -fno-gcse -DGCC_VERSION_CODE=2091
>-DASM_PEDANTIC -DGLIBC_VERSION_CODE=2000 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -pipe -DUSING_NET
>-Wall -I/1/1/emu/dosemu/dosemu-0.99.9/src/include
>-I/1/1/emu/dosemu/dosemu-0.99.9/src/dosext/dpmi
>-I/1/1/emu/dosemu/dosemu-0.99.9/src/include/slang -I/usr/X11R6/include
>-Wl,-warn-common dosctrl.c -o dosctrl
>dosctrl.c: In function `main':
>dosctrl.c:152: invalid use of undefined type `struct timeval'
>dosctrl.c:153: invalid use of undefined type `struct timeval'
>dosctrl.c: At top level:
>dosctrl.c:54: storage size of `timeout' isn't known
>make[2]: *** [dosctrl] Error 1
This is bug in 0.99.9 when glibc-2.0.X or glibc-2.1 is being used. Upgrade
to dosemu-0.99.10 where it is fixed or apply following patch (already in
0.99.10)
Andris
- --- src/tools/periph/dosctrl.c~1 Fri Feb 26 23:18:29 1999
+++ src/tools/periph/dosctrl.c Sat Feb 27 17:52:55 1999
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#if defined (__GLIBC__) && __GLIBC__ >= 2
- -#define __needs_timeval
+#define __need_timeval
+#if __GLIBC__==2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__<1
#include <timebits.h>
+#else
+#include <bits/time.h>
+#endif
#endif
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
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From: Dale Worley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:48:20 -0400
Subject: Re: redirecting a cdrom in dosemu
From: Charles M Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have tried several times to redirect my cdrom drive in dosemu using the
'lredir' command.
lredir D: LINUX\FS\mnt\cdrom
can someone tell me what might be wrong?
I'm not sure, but you might need to put an initial "\" before "LINUX".
Are you sure that the directory you want to appear as "D:" is named
"LINUX/FS/mnt/cdrom" from the current directory from which you start
dosemu?
Dale
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From: Uwe Bonnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 16:51:24 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Re: redirecting a cdrom in dosemu
Dale Worley writes:
> From: Charles M Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I have tried several times to redirect my cdrom drive in dosemu using the
> 'lredir' command.
>
> lredir D: LINUX\FS\mnt\cdrom
Try
lredir D: LINUX\FS\mnt/cdrom
Bye
Uwe Bonnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt
- --------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ----------
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From: Curt Daugaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 13:24:15 -0500
Subject: No cursor in DOS application
I have a dialup/3270 terminal emulator for DOS that I need to run in an
X-window. I've finally got everything working except that when the
terminal session opens I can no longer see the cursor. I can see it if I
run dosemu and the application from the linux console, but not under X.
Fiddling with the video settings for X in the dosemu config file hasn't
helped either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
- --
Curt Daugaard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Please remove ".NOSPAM" from the above when responding)
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From: Torsten Mohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 19:32:35 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Bug?
Hi,
i'm new to DosEmu, i use the german distribution
SuSE 6.0, Kernel 2.2.6 (also tested the problem
with 2.2.1). I downloaded dosemu-0.66.7, typed
a "./configure" as user. The output told me that
i'd have a SMP-system, which is not true, the
kernel (both) were compiled without SMP support.
Then i typed "make", this failed, because (in a
subdirectory) in the file "slang-keyboard.c" there
were two (VOID *), which were unknown. I changed
them to (void *). In "ipx.c" there was an undefined
SOL_IPX in an environment like
#ifdef 1
something with SOL_IPX
#else
something without SOL_IPX
#endif
so i changed "#ifdef 1" to "#ifdef 0". Now everything compiled
fine, but the "./first-test" failed:
schleim:/home/tmohr/dosemu-0.66.7 # ./first-test
ERROR: Unable to initialze SMG routines.
schleim:/home/tmohr/dosemu-0.66.7 #
I don't know what SMG is, didn't find anything like
it in the docu.
Before i installed dosemu-0.66.7 i tried the dosemu
that came with the "SuSE 6.0". I configured it
and typed "dos -o error -C" (as user and as root, both kernels).
tmohr@schleim:~ > dos -o error -C
CPU speed set to 200/1 MHz
Running on CPU=586, FPU=1, rdtsc=1
tmohr@schleim:~ > cat error
[00000765] debug flags:
[00000026] SIGILL while in vm86()
[00000026] ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
[00000026] SIGILL while in vm86()
[00000026] ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
[00000026] SIGILL while in vm86()
[00000026] ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
[00000026] OUCH! attempt to execute interrupt table - quickly dying
[00000030]
tmohr@schleim:~ >
I don't know what this means, i have no idea. Did i
misconfigure something?
Please don't hesitate to mail me, if there are informations
missing.
Thank you for dosemu,
Torsten Mohr.
eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Hodges)
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:35:03 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: Re: Bug?
> i'm new to DosEmu, i use the german distribution
> SuSE 6.0, Kernel 2.2.6 (also tested the problem
> with 2.2.1). I downloaded dosemu-0.66.7, typed
> a "./configure" as user.
That version of dosemu is very old. Please download
dosemu-0.98.6 from ftp://ftp.dosemu.org instead.
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From: Torsten Mohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 20:38:24 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Bug? (fwd) please forget my last mail
Hi,
just now that i've sent my mail, i have to say
it works now. Not the compiled DosEmu, but the
one that came with the "SuSE 6.0". I just took
the "hdimage.test" as "hdimage.first".
I also forgot to mail that i created my "hdimage.first"
from a 4DOS DOS floppy, it seems this is a
problem.
But the problem compiling dosemu-0.66.7 still exists.
Sorry for causing traffic,
Torsten.
- ---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 19:32:35 +0200 (MEST)
From: Torsten Mohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Bug?
Hi,
i'm new to DosEmu, i use the german distribution
SuSE 6.0, Kernel 2.2.6 (also tested the problem
with 2.2.1). I downloaded dosemu-0.66.7, typed
a "./configure" as user. The output told me that
i'd have a SMP-system, which is not true, the
kernel (both) were compiled without SMP support.
Then i typed "make", this failed, because (in a
subdirectory) in the file "slang-keyboard.c" there
were two (VOID *), which were unknown. I changed
them to (void *). In "ipx.c" there was an undefined
SOL_IPX in an environment like
#ifdef 1
something with SOL_IPX
#else
something without SOL_IPX
#endif
so i changed "#ifdef 1" to "#ifdef 0". Now everything compiled
fine, but the "./first-test" failed:
schleim:/home/tmohr/dosemu-0.66.7 # ./first-test
ERROR: Unable to initialze SMG routines.
schleim:/home/tmohr/dosemu-0.66.7 #
I don't know what SMG is, didn't find anything like
it in the docu.
Before i installed dosemu-0.66.7 i tried the dosemu
that came with the "SuSE 6.0". I configured it
and typed "dos -o error -C" (as user and as root, both kernels).
tmohr@schleim:~ > dos -o error -C
CPU speed set to 200/1 MHz
Running on CPU=586, FPU=1, rdtsc=1
tmohr@schleim:~ > cat error
[00000765] debug flags:
[00000026] SIGILL while in vm86()
[00000026] ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
[00000026] SIGILL while in vm86()
[00000026] ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
[00000026] SIGILL while in vm86()
[00000026] ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
[00000026] OUCH! attempt to execute interrupt table - quickly dying
[00000030]
tmohr@schleim:~ >
I don't know what this means, i have no idea. Did i
misconfigure something?
Please don't hesitate to mail me, if there are informations
missing.
Thank you for dosemu,
Torsten Mohr.
eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Maurice Mahieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 14:35:25 +0200
Subject: netx.exe under dosemu
Hello, I have dosemu-0.98.1-2 with dosemu-freedos-0.98.1-2 on Red Hat
5.2.
I try to login on Netware 3.12 with it. I configured ipx on my linux
system and in dosemu.conf and I copied netx.exe to the dosemu
partition.
When I start netx it starts to login to the novell server but then it
hangs.
It looks like this:
C:\BIN>netx
NetWare Workstation Shell v3.32 (931117) PTF
( C) Copyright 1993 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Patent Pending.
Running on DOS V3.31
Attached to server NLHAGS02
04-20-99 2:30:20 pm
And then I don`t get my prompt back.
Does anybody know what could be wrong ?
Thanks in advance for the answer.
Maurice Mahieu
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