Re: How can I print under dosemu?

[Larry Alkoff <labradley@mindspring.com>]

Larry Alkoff wrote:
> I have been trying to print with dosemu 1.2.2 running under Slackware 
> 10.2 Linux.
> 
> The files I used to install dosemu were:
> 
>   dosemu-1.2.2-bin.tgz
>   dosemu-freedos-b9r5-bin.tgz
> 
> When I try to print I get an error message:
> lpr: error - unable to print file: client-error-not-found
> 
> So far I have tried to print from Wordstar 7.0
> and using a simple
> type filename >lpt1 which is how I have always printed in dos.
> 
> There is a line in ~/dosemu/conf/dosemurc that says:
> $_printer = "Deskjet500"
> which is the printername used in CUPS under Linux.
> 
> What command would I use to print a file under dosemu?
> 
> Larry

Going through my saved files from this mailing list, I noticed
that others have had the exact same error message when trying to print.

I just solved the problem and hope others find the info useful.

In my setup, there is a file at /home/user/dosemu/conf/dosemurc
with the Deskjet500 printer line.
This file is apparently _NOT_ used by dosemu.

The solution was to copy over dosemurc above to /home/user/.dosemurc.
   cp  ~/user/dosemu/conf/dosemurc  ~/.dosemurc
Note the dot in the target, making it a hidden file.

Dosemu will pick up the directives from the .dosemurc and print from 
dosemu now works perfectly.

Larry


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Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
Using Thunderbird on Slackware Linux