Bug 4475

Summary:	cannot run "xdos"
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Raw Hide	Reporter:	prabirm
Component:	dosemu	Assignee:	Cristian Gafton <gafton>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	1.0	CC:	prabirm, saurik
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Description prabirm 1999-08-11 17:30:05 UTC

When I executed "xdos" I got error:
=====>
Error in /var/lib/dosemu/global.conf: (line 643)
Disk-device/file /var/lib/dosemu/hdimage.first doesn't
exist.
<=====
So, I copied existing "/var/lib/dosemu/hdimage" to
"/var/lib/dosemu/hdimage.first". Now I run "xdos"
again and I get error:
======>
[root@localhost /root]# xdos
kernel CPU speed is 233866290 Hz
Running on CPU=586, FPU=1
ERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: , trying "vga"...
ERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: , trying "9x15"...
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Then I tried to run "xtermdos" and I get the following
error:
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[root@localhost dosemu]# xtermdos
Hey...I could not find the IBM VGA font for xwindows!
To install the VGA font, go into the DOSEMU source directory
and type:
sh xinstallvgafont

Starting xdosemu with default font.  If not using the VGA
font, you should use
the latin character set instead of the PC character set in
/etc/dosemu.conf.

ERROR: No xterm programs found in /usr/X11/bin
Perhaps you don't have Xwindows installed that way?
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How do I solve the problem ? BTW, I am running GNOME/KDE
under X perfectly.

Regards,
Prabir

Comment 1 Jay Freeman 1999-09-04 20:34:59 UTC

hdimage.first problem is fixed, don't know if this was always the
case, and you simply didn't have dosemu-freedos installed, or if this
is a more recent fix:

[root(2)@ironclad dosemu]# rpm -q dosemu-freedos
dosemu-freedos-0.99.10-6
[root(2)@ironclad dosemu]# rpm -q --scripts dosemu-freedos
postinstall script (through /bin/sh):
[ -e /var/lib/dosemu/hdimage.first ] || \
    ln -s hdimage.freedos /var/lib/dosemu/hdimage.first
postuninstall script (through /bin/sh):
if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
  if [ -e /var/lib/dosemu/hdimage.first ]; then
    rm -f /var/lib/dosemu/hdimage.first
  fi
fi

Comment 2 Jay Freeman 1999-09-04 20:39:59 UTC

VGA font problem has also been fixed:

[root(2)@ironclad misc]# rpm -q xdosemu
xdosemu-0.99.10-6
[root(2)@ironclad misc]# rpm -ql xdosemu | grep vga
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/vga.pcf

Now if only someone at RedHat would notice the added comments and
close the bug report :).

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 1999-09-25 03:20:59 UTC

OK, we can do that.