Debian bug report logs - #1791, boring messages

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Subject: Bug#1791: dosemu troubles
Reply-To: Michael E. Deisher <deisher@enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU>, debian-bugs@pixar.com
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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 14:44:07 -0700
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From: Michael E. Deisher <deisher@enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU>
To: Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca
Cc: macleajb@ednet.ns.ca, debian-bugs@pixar.com
In-Reply-To: <m0tAkUI-00013hC@miles.econ.queensu.ca>
	(Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca)

Package: dosemu
Version: 0.60.3-0

Hi Dirk,

I hope you don't mind me entering your comments (and my additional
comments) as another debian bug report.  Hopefully, documenting these
problems will prevent a lot of redundant bug reports.

On Wed, 1 Nov 95 16:14 EST, Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca said:

> Hi Mike
> sorry to bother but I am fighting dosemu to no avail.
> using xdos, I get the following error in the rxvt from which I start xdos
>	ERROR: video error(0x3 page>7: 43)
> xdos works but is awfully slow (eg in Quicken it takes a second until the
> cursor responds to pressing the cursor keys)

Same here.  Quicken is really the only dos app I'm interested in and
it's dead-dog slow under xdos.  I haven't tried playing with the
"hogthreshold".  That might help, though.

> using dos on the console and with TERM=linux, I have weird problems
> with the keyboard. Cursor keys sometimes work, sometimes they
> don't. Activating numlock helps.

Strange.  I have not experienced this one.  My problems on VCs are the
following:

o no cursor
o when I switch back to a running X session, the X session dies and
  xdm starts another, which dies, etc., etc.

> on the console, I have a very hard time to set the mouse up. It's
> an old logitech 3button that I used for years. If I remember
> corrrecly, I used it dosemu 0.52 with no problems. I tried the
> internal driver that I use under X11, the logitech driver I used
> for years and a new logitech driver I just grabbed from Simtel.

There are some mouse drivers on tsx-11 under the dosemu directory.
You might try those, too.

> Thanks for providing the Debian package and I hope you don't mind me
> bombarding you with these unsollicited questions.

I'm pretty stressed with school so don't expect too much from me.  :-/
:-)

> #serial { mouse  com 1 device /dev/mouse }  <-- I tried various combinations
> #mouse { logitech internaldriver }          <-- of these settings, xdos
> #serial { com 4  device /dev/modem }        <-- works these commented out

That's strange.  James just told me something about needing to comment
these out, too.  I didn't realize that it was required to get xdos to
work (I thought he was talking about running on the VC).  On my system
xdos works, even when I have a mouse enabled.  The fact that
performance is so hardware-dependent sure makes supporting dosemu an
interesting job!  :-/

I'm cc'ing this to James.  Hopefully, the additional information will
help.

--Mike

PS:  James, the above comments all apply to the dosemu 0.60.3 package I
     compiled for Debian.

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From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Michael E. Deisher <deisher@enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU>
Subject: Bug#1791: Acknowledgement (was: dosemu troubles)
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Subject: Bug#1791: dosemu troubles
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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 95 17:40 EST
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	<9511012144.AA06325@ganges>
From: Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca

Package: dosemu
Version: 0.60.3-0

  Michael E Deisher writes, replying to a private mail of mine
  Michael> I hope you don't mind me entering your comments (and my additional
  Michael> comments) as another debian bug report.

Maybe we should have kept it private for an iteration or two to keep the
noise/signal ratio low. Oh well..

  Michael>  Same here.  Quicken is really the only dos app I'm interested in
  Michael> and it's dead-dog slow under xdos.  I haven't tried playing with
  Michael> the "hogthreshold".  That might help, though.

Quicken's speed is now _very_  acceptable on the VC after once I chose
"rawkeyboard on" for "keyboard" in /etc/dosemu.conf. Still terrible under xdos.

  Dirk> using dos on the console and with TERM=linux, I have weird problems
  Dirk> with the keyboard. Cursor keys sometimes work, sometimes they
  Dirk> don't. Activating numlock helps.

This is now settled. Was due to "rawkeyboard off"

  Michael>  Strange.  I have not experienced this one.  My problems on VCs
  Michael> are the following:
  Michael>
  Michael> o no cursor o when I switch back to a running X session, the X
  Michael> session dies and xdm starts another, which dies, etc., etc.

Hm, fine here with a nonameS3-805 video card.

  Dirk> #serial { mouse com 1 device /dev/mouse }
  Dirk> #mouse { logitech internaldriver }
  Dirk> #serial { com 4 device /dev/modem }

  Michael> That's strange.  James just told me something about needing to
  Michael> comment these out, too.  I didn't realize that it was required to
  Michael> get xdos to work (I thought he was talking about running on the
  Michael> VC).  On my system xdos works, even when I have a mouse enabled.

I don't have to comment them out or in. For xdos, they are irrelevant. For
dos under a VC, I need serial { mouse com 1 device /dev/mouse }

--
Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca          http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd

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From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca
Subject: Bug#1791: Info received (was Bug#1791: dosemu troubles)
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