Re: dosemu 1.1.3.9 user report

[Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirac.org>]

hi jan,

IIRC, there was talk about important dosemu related patches that are
present in the most recent kernels.   i think it was said that the
patches have been in the ac kernels for awhile, but have just recently
made it into the vanilla 2.4 kernels.

i have no idea what the patches do, but you can try using 2.4.20 and see
what happens.


btw, it sounds like you're playing in an xdos box.  have you been able
to play at all in console?

have you been able to have xdosemu grab the mouse?  i've been having
trouble playing redneck rampage because if the mouse "moves over" too
far left or right, the mouse leaves the xdos window.

pete



begin Jan Willem Stumpel <jstumpel@planet.nl> 
> According to "top", 1.1.3.9 takes up 99 % CPU even when just
> displaying the C:> prompt.
> 
> 1.1.3.7 does this also; but 1.1.3.0 and 1.0.2.1 do not. They
> hardly use any CPU when just displaying the prompt (or waiting for
> a keystroke in a text-mode program).
> 
> Wolfenstein 3D:
> 1.0.2.1, 1.1.3.7, 1.1.3.9 play with $_sound = (off) .
> 1.1.3.0 hangs (with or without sound) after displaying the
> start-up (setup) screen. Control-Alt-PgDn is the only way out.
> 1.1.3.7, 1.1.3.9 hang with $_sound = (on) .
> 
> Duke Nukem3D:
> 1.0.2.1 plays fine without sound.
> 1.1.3.0 plays without sound, but after a short while suddenly
> disappears (no more dosemu window).
> 1.1.3.7, 1.1.3.9 play, with $_sound = (on) and soundblaster
> selected in Duke Nukem Setup. I can see *and hear* the demo
> (sounds, no music). When I want to start a game, I can select the
> game type ("L.A. Meltdown" or whatever); however, when I try to
> select the difficulty level the program hangs.
> 
> All this with kernel 2.2.18pre21, $_dpmi = (8192) , $_hogthreshold
> = (800).
> 
> Regards, Jan
> 
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