Re: dosemu will not run

[James Courtier-Dutton <James@superbug.co.uk>]

John Coppens wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:12:25 +0000
> Anthony Johns <valfet@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> My O/s is ubuntu 6.06 dosemu will not open, I deleted dosemu by the add
>> remove programs facility, and then down loaded a presumably the latest
>> version, this will still not open. A program is present in
>> applications/other and is listed as DOS emulator, is this the dosemu
>> program? This will not open.  Thanks Tony Johns
>>     
>
> 'Will not run' is the typical message that will do nothing to get you
> help, Tony. Try to be a little more explicit. Did you check the logs?
> Did you try to open a terminal window, and type 'dosemu', or 'xdosemu'?
> If so, which messages  appear on the screen? Did you edit
> the /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf file for your needs? Did you install the
> freedos package too (else you will have nothing to run in your dos
> session). 
>
> John
>   
This raises a point that why does one always have to open are terminal 
windows to diagnose problems?
I think that would be the next big improvement to Linux desktop usability.

James