1.1.3.7 issues

1.1.3.7 issues

[J.P. Morris]

I'm having two problems with 1.1.3.7.  I'm not entirely sure when they
appeared at this point in time.

The first, absolutely critical problem is that EMUFS hangs it.
The line in config.sys is:

device=c:\dosemu\emufs.sys /mnt/c

..this worked in 1.1.3 and with 1.0.2.  I can't easily regress because I now
have a video card that doesn't like DOSEMU in console mode (hence my interest
in the new releases).

I can only get into DOSEMU by skipping those lines in the config.sys file.
My guest OS is DRDOS 7.03.

Has anyone else seen this?  Are there any workarounds?  Suggestions to try?


The second, less important issue is the mouse.. it has inertia.  I think this
happened in one of the earlier 1.1.3.x builds, too.

Basically, the mouse moves like treacle, and keeps going.  If you move the
mouse in a circle for about 10 seconds and then hold the mouse still, the
cursor will continue to circle for about three more seconds!

This is observed in a mode 13h application, I don't have many more that
I can easily try without access to my DOS partitions.

Has anyone else seen this effect?

-- 
JP Morris - aka DOUG the Eagle (Dragon) -=UDIC=-  jpm@it-he.org
Fun things to do with the Ultima games            http://www.it-he.org
Developing a U6/U7 clone                          http://ire.it-he.org
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Re: 1.1.3.7 issues

[Bart Oldeman]

On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, J.P. Morris wrote:

> The first, absolutely critical problem is that EMUFS hangs it.
> The line in config.sys is:
>
> device=c:\dosemu\emufs.sys /mnt/c
>
> ..this worked in 1.1.3 and with 1.0.2.
> Has anyone else seen this?

I haven't. emufs still works, though I usually use lredir.

> Are there any workarounds?  Suggestions to try?

Sure: in autoexec.bat

c:\dosemu\lredir d: linux\fs/mnt/c
or use
install=c:\dosemu\lredir.com d: linux\fs/mnt/c
if your DOS has "install" in config.sys (I think drdos does but freedos
doesn't)

> The second, less important issue is the mouse.. it has inertia.  I think this
> happened in one of the earlier 1.1.3.x builds, too.

There are some unsolved issues with the mouse. See also the bug tracking
system at sourceforge.

Bart

Re: 1.1.3.7 issues

[Stas Sergeev]

Hello.

J.P. Morris wrote:
> device=c:\dosemu\emufs.sys /mnt/c
> ..this worked in 1.1.3 and with 1.0.2.  I can't easily regress because 
> I now have a video card that doesn't like DOSEMU in console mode (hence my 
> interest in the new releases).
Please be more specific. Do you have
a video card that doesn't like the
old dosemu's, but OK with the new ones?
Some Radeon?
If yes, then the fix can be easily
backported, so that you can do a
regress.
Or do you have a video card that doesn't
work with dosemu in console no matter
what the version is?

> The second, less important issue is the mouse.. it has inertia.  I 
> think this happened in one of the earlier 1.1.3.x builds, too.
In console, or under X? If in console,
then it is because now mouse uses a
large event queue, the events from which
gets thrown to PIC one-after-another. This
works rather slow, but it is DPMI-safe.
Before, the events were passed to the
driver immediately (no queue, no PIC),
but that caused crashes.
If it is under X, then it is a bug as
the queue is not used (though the PIC is).

> cursor will continue to circle for about three more seconds!
That's too much even for the queue.
Maybe setting $_hogthreshold to 0 can
help?

> Has anyone else seen this effect?
Not really, even though in theory it
is now possible (under console).

Re: 1.1.3.7 issues

[J.P. Morris]

On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 14:47:21 -0500 (EST)
Bart Oldeman <oldeman@math.ohio-state.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, J.P. Morris wrote:
> 
> > The first, absolutely critical problem is that EMUFS hangs it.
>
> I haven't. emufs still works, though I usually use lredir.

Many thanks, that's done the job.  Now if I can just sort out the mouse,
my DOSEMU will be back in business..

-- 
JP Morris - aka DOUG the Eagle (Dragon) -=UDIC=-  jpm@it-he.org
Fun things to do with the Ultima games            http://www.it-he.org
Developing a U6/U7 clone                          http://ire.it-he.org
d+++ e+ N+ T++ Om U1234!56!7'!S'!8!9!KA u++ uC+++ uF+++ uG---- uLB----
uA--- nC+ nR---- nH+++ nP++ nI nPT nS nT wM- wC- y a(YEAR - 1976)

Re: 1.1.3.7 issues

[J.P. Morris]

On Tue, 05 Nov 2002 17:28:05 -0500 (EST)
Bart Oldeman <oldeman@math.ohio-state.edu> wrote:

> > Many thanks, that's done the job.  Now if I can just sort out the mouse,
> > my DOSEMU will be back in business..
> 
> Did you see Stas' email? He sent it only to the list so if you're not
> subscribed, see
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-msdos&m=103652989606563&w=2
> (try setting $_hogthreshold to 0 or simply "speed 0" at the DOS prompt;
> "speed 100" would be slower than "0" but might do the job too while
> still releasing some timeslices to the rest of Linux).

Thanks.  I've just managed to fix it myself, actually.  I was using a GPM
repeater to drive the mouse.  When I set it to use /dev/mouse instead, the
lagging problem went away.

> 
> Bart
> 


-- 
JP Morris - aka DOUG the Eagle (Dragon) -=UDIC=-  jpm@it-he.org
Fun things to do with the Ultima games            http://www.it-he.org
Developing a U6/U7 clone                          http://ire.it-he.org
d+++ e+ N+ T++ Om U1234!56!7'!S'!8!9!KA u++ uC+++ uF+++ uG---- uLB----
uA--- nC+ nR---- nH+++ nP++ nI nPT nS nT wM- wC- y a(YEAR - 1976)