RE: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

RE: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Stas Sergeev]

Hello.

Stas Sergeev wrote:
> Try setting BUGGY_DRIVER_NEEDS_POST to 1
This constant is in linux_sound.c, line 56.

RE: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Stas Sergeev]

Hello.

Justin Zygmont wrote:
> I'm just suprised that sound doesn't seem to work
> properly, anyone else notice this?
What card/driver?
Try setting BUGGY_DRIVER_NEEDS_POST to 1
and see if your driver is buggy.

RE: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Justin Zygmont]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Stas Sergeev wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> Justin Zygmont wrote:
> > I'm just suprised that sound doesn't seem to work
> > properly, anyone else notice this?
> What card/driver?

sb

> Try setting BUGGY_DRIVER_NEEDS_POST to 1
> and see if your driver is buggy.

doesn't seem to make any difference, if I try some games, only jill1 will 
sound right, the rest will sound broken up, and the game is sluggish, and 
it will only play the sound effects, but never the musical soundtrack.  

With sound disabled, they run perfectly.  Even dpmi games like raptor run 
really well.  I've had a hard time getting a previous version running to 
test the sound, but I think these problems existed before, at least 
somewhat.


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Re: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Ryan Underwood]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 11:17:54PM -0400, Justin Zygmont wrote:
> doesn't seem to make any difference, if I try some games, only jill1 will 
> sound right, the rest will sound broken up, and the game is sluggish, and 
> it will only play the sound effects, but never the musical soundtrack.  
> 
> With sound disabled, they run perfectly.  Even dpmi games like raptor run 
> really well.  I've had a hard time getting a previous version running to 
> test the sound, but I think these problems existed before, at least 
> somewhat.

What soundcard do you have ?

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Re: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Justin Zygmont]

On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, Ryan Underwood wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 11:17:54PM -0400, Justin Zygmont wrote:
> > doesn't seem to make any difference, if I try some games, only jill1 will 
> > sound right, the rest will sound broken up, and the game is sluggish, and 
> > it will only play the sound effects, but never the musical soundtrack.  
> > 
> > With sound disabled, they run perfectly.  Even dpmi games like raptor run 
> > really well.  I've had a hard time getting a previous version running to 
> > test the sound, but I think these problems existed before, at least 
> > somewhat.
> 
> What soundcard do you have ?

sound blaster 32 ISA

[ANNOUNCE] DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Bart Oldeman]

DOSEMU 1.1.5

DOSEMU 1.1.5 is out. This is still a developer's release. Things may
work fine for you (and do for me) but some things can break that were
working in 1.0.x. An example is copying and pasting of multiple lines
which still doesn't appear to work correctly in all cases. That said,
a lot of things have improved since 1.0.2.1; we aim to fix the remaining
regressions for 1.2.0.

Please look at <http://www.dosemu.org/bleeding> for downloads.

I thank all contributors and testers for their patches and input
during the 1.1.4 test cycle; you all know who you are.

some things that are new in 1.1.5 in comparison to version 1.1.4:
- many bugs have been fixed.
- compiles with gcc 3.3 and newer glibc's.
- requires gcc/egcs >= 2.91.66 / glibc 2.1.3 or higher.
- added TUN/TAP support for networking (as a substitute for dosnet that
  does not require root).
- added fullscreen support for X (use Ctrl-Alt-F to switch between
  windowed and fullscreen mode).
- improved the CPU emulator for VGAEMU; some more games run in xdosemu
  now.
- added a $_vbios_post option: DOSEMU can skip the VGA BIOS' post when
  it is run on the console.
- added long file support for file locking.
- use of ~/.dosemu/drives/* -- by default DOSEMU will look in
  ~/.dosemu/drives for boot directories, hard disk images and
  symbolic links to those. A symbolic link from ~/.dosemu/drives/c
  to your boot directory is a useful alternative to setting $_hdimage
  in dosemu.conf or ~/.dosemurc.
- the dosemu script is more quiet and uses -home by default.
- added ability to use a DOS command as a DOSEMU option (without
  -E). In that case "exitemu" happens automatically when the DOS
  command terminates. This requires a "unix -e" command in your
  autoexec.bat.
- use async I/O: async I/O speeds up the I/O dramatically.
  performance of the packet driver is doubled.
- improved security if DOSEMU is run suid-root or via sudo
  * DPMI is no longer inherently insecure because DOSEMU drops root
    privileges before booting the DOS (and forks a server to deal
    with some port I/O if necessary -- on the Linux console this
    is required for some video cards and if $_speaker="native").
  * DOSEMU can be run via sudo in the same way as suid-root (it will
    revert to the identity of the original user) -- therefore it
    is no longer necessary to install two seperate DOSEMUs
    suid-root and one non-suid-root copy for security. One
    non-suid-root copy is all you need if you use sudo.
    As a side-effect dosemu.users is no longer necessary; without
    a dosemu.users file DOSEMU will only use its root privileges
    if it is run on the Linux console.
  * partition access, mouse access (console only) and serial access
    are no longer automatically accomplished using root privileges
    but must be regulated via permissions on the relevant /dev/xxx
    devices.
  * Note that, as before, root permissions are in general not
    necessary if DOSEMU is run in a terminal or in X.

Enjoy,
Bart Oldeman

Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Claudia Neumann]

Am Samstag, 7. Juni 2003 02:07 schrieb Bart Oldeman:
> DOSEMU 1.1.5
>
> DOSEMU 1.1.5 is out. This is still a developer's release. Things may
> work fine for you (and do for me) but some things can break that were
> working in 1.0.x. An example is copying and pasting of multiple lines
> which still doesn't appear to work correctly in all cases. That said,
> a lot of things have improved since 1.0.2.1; we aim to fix the remaining
> regressions for 1.2.0.
>
> Please look at <http://www.dosemu.org/bleeding> for downloads.

Hi,

I just tried to download dosemu-1.1.5.tgz from the mirror in Brussels and the 
mirror in Dublin. The download didn't stop at 2073 kb, but went on til I 
stopped it > 5000 kb. Is there something wrong with the download procedure? 
Is the file bigger the 5000 kb?

Regards

Claudia

Re: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Bart Oldeman]

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Claudia Neumann wrote:

> I just tried to download dosemu-1.1.5.tgz from the mirror in Brussels and the
> mirror in Dublin. The download didn't stop at 2073 kb, but went on til I
> stopped it > 5000 kb. Is there something wrong with the download procedure?
> Is the file bigger the 5000 kb?

I'm on a modem now so I'm not too happy to test it completely but wget
gives me this:

wget http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dosemu/dosemu-1.1.5.tgz
--00:05:24--
http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dosemu/dosemu-1.1.5.tgz
           => `dosemu-1.1.5.tgz'
Connecting to belnet.dl.sourceforge.net:80... connected!
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2,121,858 [application/x-tar-gz]

This length is correct.

Bart

Re: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Ged Haywood]

Hi Bart,

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Bart Oldeman wrote:

> On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Claudia Neumann wrote:
> 
> > I just tried to download dosemu-1.1.5.tgz from the mirror in Brussels and the
> > mirror in Dublin. The download didn't stop at 2073 kb, but went on til I
> > stopped it > 5000 kb. Is there something wrong with the download procedure?
> > Is the file bigger the 5000 kb?

You shouldn't have stopped it.

But apart from that it's fine, and I like what I see.

> Length: 2,121,858 [application/x-tar-gz]
> 
> This length is correct.

But the TYPE isn't...
I think somebody forgot to gzip the .tgz file. :(

73,
Ged.

Re: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Alistair MacDonald]

On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 01:05:34AM +0100, Ged Haywood wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Bart Oldeman wrote:
> > On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Claudia Neumann wrote:
> > 
> > > I just tried to download dosemu-1.1.5.tgz from the mirror in Brussels and the
> > > mirror in Dublin. The download didn't stop at 2073 kb, but went on til I
> > > stopped it > 5000 kb. Is there something wrong with the download procedure?
> > Length: 2,121,858 [application/x-tar-gz]
> > 
> > This length is correct.
> 
> But the TYPE isn't...
> I think somebody forgot to gzip the .tgz file. :(

This is nothing new, its been happening for years ...

Some web browsers have the annoying tendency to decompress files on download.
They don't tell you they are going to do it, they just do.

There is nothing wrong with the file size, or the extension.

Alistair

Re: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Ged Haywood]

Hi there,

On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Alistair MacDonald wrote:

> Some web browsers have the annoying tendency to decompress files on download.
> They don't tell you they are going to do it, they just do.
> 
> There is nothing wrong with the file size, or the extension.

No, there isn't, but then I didn't say that.  :)

I've been using Netscape under Linux to download gzipped tarball files
for several years.  I've never seen this before:

http://www.jubileegroup.co.uk/strange_download.gif

but if someone can tell me why it's suddenly happened I'll be pleased
to know.  It could easily be because I've recently upgraded my desktop
machine to Slackware V9 (which has Netscape 7, previously I've been
using 4.7 which certainly never did what you say unless you wanted it).  
It could also be that this was a mistake, because there are a number
of things which broke as a result. :(  

But I've downloaded several gzipped tarballs using the latest Netscape
lately and had no problems with it.  I feel sure that the content-type
is getting confused somewhere along the line but I haven't investigated.
The patches applied cleanly - I just had to untar the file without giving
the gunzip option to 'tar'.

Anyway, my point to Claudia was that if she allowed the download to
finish she'd have the file she needs.  If she just does a quick mental
calculation of the download rate and file size she'll know roughly how
long she'll need to wait, despite what the browser tells her.

73,
Ged.

Re: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Bart Oldeman]

On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Ged Haywood wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Alistair MacDonald wrote:
>
> > Some web browsers have the annoying tendency to decompress files on download.
> > They don't tell you they are going to do it, they just do.
> >
> > There is nothing wrong with the file size, or the extension.
>
> No, there isn't, but then I didn't say that.  :)
>
> I've been using Netscape under Linux to download gzipped tarball files
> for several years.  I've never seen this before:
>
> http://www.jubileegroup.co.uk/strange_download.gif
>
> but if someone can tell me why it's suddenly happened I'll be pleased
> to know.  It could easily be because I've recently upgraded my desktop
> machine to Slackware V9 (which has Netscape 7, previously I've been
> using 4.7 which certainly never did what you say unless you wanted it).

yes, it really looks like your new netscape automatically decompresses on
the fly. I'm not sure what you can do about it but all I know now that
it's not a DOSEMU problem -- type, extension and size are all correct :)

Bart

Re: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Claudia Neumann]

Am Sonntag, 8. Juni 2003 12:58 schrieben Sie:
> yes, it really looks like your new netscape automatically decompresses on
> the fly. I'm not sure what you can do about it but all I know now that
> it's not a DOSEMU problem -- type, extension and size are all correct :)
>
> Bart

Hi all,

if it is a browser mistake, then Mozilla 1.2.1 has the same problem. I 
started the download with Mozilla and I was surprised to get a download rate 
of nearly 12 kb/s, which is not what I usually get. But then it went on and 
on passed the 5000 kb. Now I know of the problem, I won't stop the download 
any more. Or I try opera.

Thanks from a newbie

Claudia

Re: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Ged Haywood]

Hi all,

On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Claudia Neumann wrote:

> if it is a browser mistake, then Mozilla 1.2.1 has the same problem.

It could easily be that, but I still think there's more to it than
just the browser.  I've used the same browser to download other .tgz
files today with no problem.

73,
Ged.

Re: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Bart Oldeman]

On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Ged Haywood wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Claudia Neumann wrote:
>
> > if it is a browser mistake, then Mozilla 1.2.1 has the same problem.
>
> It could easily be that, but I still think there's more to it than
> just the browser.  I've used the same browser to download other .tgz
> files today with no problem.

right, the problem is with some sourceforge mirrors, see
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=1&atid=200001&func=detail&aid=747229

Bart

Re: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Ged Haywood]

Hi Bart,

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Bart Oldeman wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Ged Haywood wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Claudia Neumann wrote:
> >
> > > if it is a browser mistake, then Mozilla 1.2.1 has the same problem.
> >
> > It could easily be that, but I still think there's more to it than
> > just the browser.  I've used the same browser to download other .tgz
> > files today with no problem.
> 
> right, the problem is with some sourceforge mirrors, see
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=1&atid=200001&func=detail&aid=747229

Aha.  I normally use the Belgian one as it's the closest to me.  Good
to know (that I'm not going crazy:).  It isn't a problem for me.
Thanks Bart.

I'll let you know how it goes with 1.1.5 when I get a quiet few
moments.  I just want to be able to compile something with an old
Symantec DOS C compiler (one module of a commercial software suite
which I wrote; the module is about five thousand lines, it's not the
biggest but it won't compile under DOSEMU when the other 80 all do).

73,
Ged.

RE: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Riley Williams]

Hi all.

 >>> if it is a browser mistake, then Mozilla 1.2.1 has the same problem.

 >> It could easily be that, but I still think there's more to it than
 >> just the browser. I've used the same browser to download other .tgz
 >> files today with no problem.

 > right, the problem is with some sourceforge mirrors, see
 >
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=1&atid=200001&func=detail&aid=74722
9

Based on that webpage, it's happening because the web server is sending
a header that reads...

	Content-Encoding: x-gzip

...and the browser is CORRECTLY treating this as a request to decompress
the file on the fly. Basically, it's a web server misconfiguration.

The reason that wget doesn't hit the problem is that it's mirroring the
site, so correctly FAILS to decompress as it assumes your web server is
set up identical to the one it's mirroring.

Best wishes from Riley.
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RE: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Justin Zygmont]

I never had any problems with the download, and 1.1.5 sure runs nice.  I'm 
just suprised that sound doesn't seem to work properly, anyone else notice 
this?

Re: Download Problem DOSEMU-1.1.5

[Ross Vandegrift]

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 09:44:40PM +0200, Claudia Neumann wrote:
> I just tried to download dosemu-1.1.5.tgz from the mirror in Brussels and the 
> mirror in Dublin. The download didn't stop at 2073 kb, but went on til I 
> stopped it > 5000 kb. Is there something wrong with the download procedure? 

This happened to me last week trying to download 1.1.4 using Galeon, but
I was downloading from ibiblio.  I tried again and used a different
mirror and wget instead of galeon, and everything was fine.


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