From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Courtier-Dutton Subject: Re: dosemu will not run Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:20:04 +1100 Message-ID: <47A13054.2010007@superbug.co.uk> References: <1201615945.11644.8.camel@rollerworld-desk> <20080129132755.1bdd21e8.john@jcoppens.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080129132755.1bdd21e8.john@jcoppens.com> Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: John Coppens Cc: Anthony Johns , linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org John Coppens wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:12:25 +0000 > Anthony Johns 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