When I run dosemu, it seems to load, then no dos prompt appears. It just
sits there. If I run dosemu with a dos executable, it returns to the command prompt and then things get weird. I can't type anyting in and the entire prompt moves around the window seemingly at random. I'm wondering if it's a video driver issue? I'm using vmware workstation Pro in a Windows 10 x64 Pro host with a Ubuntu 22.04 guest. The log can be seen at https://shsbbs.net/boot.log

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Hey Martin!

I'm using vmware workstation Pro in a Windows 10 x64 Pro host
with a Ubuntu 22.04 guest.

Not that I know, but it seems to me that an emulator should be run on the host machine, not on a guest. Check this out first before jumping through too many hoops as it will save you much grief if I am right.

I see quite a few issues with 'hardware' in your log file, including video, that leads me to suspect the above might be true.

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Maurice

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Hey Martin!

I have to run it on the guest, I'm not running Linux on the host
and it wouldn't be feasible.

Why not? Linux runs fine as a host, although I am still not sure dosemu2 will work on anything I have running here. I lack the dependencies required as well as all the machines I have a pure 64 bit.

This is mostly used by BBS sysops in order to run DOS doors,
under a VM.

Understood. Last time I had it working ws on a 486 with no VM (i486 linux host). That was over 25 years ago. I still am suspicious about running it within a guest no matter what. Have you had it working before?

Life is good,
Maurice

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On Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:20:19 +0000
"Maurice Kinal" (1:153/7001.2989)
<Maurice.Kinal@p2989.f7001.n153.z1.fidonet> wrote:

Hey Martin!

I have to run it on the guest, I'm not running Linux on the host
and it wouldn't be feasible.

Why not? Linux runs fine as a host, although I am still not sure
dosemu2 will work on anything I have running here. I lack the
dependencies required as well as all the machines I have a pure 64
bit.

This is mostly used by BBS sysops in order to run DOS doors,
under a VM.

Understood. Last time I had it working ws on a 486 with no VM (i486
linux host). That was over 25 years ago. I still am suspicious
about running it within a guest no matter what. Have you had it
working before?

You obviously don't understand how DOSEMU interacts with a BBS to
provide DOS emulation then.



THis is my dosemu.conf for running locallly on linux.

$_cpu = "80586"
$_cpu_emu = "fullsim"
$_floppy_a = ""
$_cdrom = ""
$_xms = (8192)
$_ems = (2048)
$_ems_frame = (0xe000)
$_external_char_set = "cp437"
$_internal_char_set = "cp437"
$_term_updfreq = (8)
$_layout = "us"
$_rawkeyboard = (auto)
$_mouse_internal = (on)
$_mouse_dev = ""
$_joy_device = ""
$_lpt1 = ""
$_lp2 = ""
$_speaker = ""
$_sound = (off)
$_sb_dsp = ""
$_hdimage = "+0 -2 /sbbs/ctrl /sbbs/data /sbbs/exec +1"
$_rdtsc = (on)
$_cpuspeed = (0)
$_hogthreshold = (5)



If you're not using synchronet you can remove the $_hdimage line.


Then to invoke it:

/usr/bin/env HOME=/sbbs/ctrl /usr/bin/dosemu -d /sbbs/node1/ -d
/sbbs/xtrn -d /sbbs/ctrl/ -d /sbbs/data/ -d /sbbs/exec/ -d /sbbs/xtrn -f/sbbs/ctrl/dosemu-local.conf

-d is just a list of directories, you can add your own or remove as
necessary and -f points to where you saved the config file.

You should update doemu2 to a version built on or after 17th July if
there is one for Windows. I know there was some issues with the linux
version.
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Hey Nigel!

You obviously don't understand how DOSEMU interacts with a BBS to
provide DOS emulation then.

Nor do I need to. I don't plan on ever using it and only played with it way back when to run a 16 bit Maximus BBS on a 486 running linux (slackware back then) for the sole purpose of seeing if it was something worthwhile. I obviously didn't think so at the time given that I obviously don't know how DOSEMU interacts with a BBS. Oh well ... life goes on without it.

You should update doemu2 to a version built on or after 17th July
if there is one for Windows.

What Windows? Only linux x86_64 here and none of it requires emulation of anything. It works great without vm's or emulators.

I know there was some issues with the linux version.

That is what he is trying to get working. However if there are windows versions then it makes sense that he run that on his host machine rather than on the linux guest.

Life is good,
Maurice

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Hej Maurice!

It works great without vm's or emulators.

Especially for filtering out illegal ascii control characters from synchronet messages. ;-)

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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