From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Victor Warner Subject: Re: using vga fonts from later version in earlier version Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:22:35 +0000 Message-ID: <47EC1E2B.3070904@woroner.com> References: <47E917B7.7060902@woroner.com> <20080325174702.GC14224@modsoftsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080325174702.GC14224@modsoftsys.com> Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org Damyan, Following your instructions I was able to install the extra fonts recognised by Dosemu 1.2.2. Thank you very much. Victor Warner. Damyan Ivanov wrote: > -=| Victor Warner, Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 03:18:15PM +0000 |=- > >> I have successfully installed dosemu to run on the Asus eee pc 701 >> (http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=24), but only the available >> version of 1.2.2. >> > > I guess you're using Debian/stable. > > >> The reason for this post: Is it possible to add the larger range of vga >> fonts that come with 1.4 to 1.2.2 and to use them under 1.2.2 and what >> would be the correct steps to do (ie what files do I need to configure >> for them to be recognised by version 1.2.2 (other than adding the >> appropriate entry in .dosemurc), and where should they be placed? >> > > See the list of files[1] in the dosemu package from unstable[2]. > > [1] http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/dosemu/filelist > [2] http://packages.debian.org/sid/dosemu > > What you need are the font files from /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/dosemu/ > > If I was you, I'd try downloading[3] the unstable .deb, then opening it > with file-roller or mc and copying the fonts from the package to the > live system. Then run 'xset fp rehash; so that the fonts become > available to the current X session. > > [3] http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/dosemu/download > > > HTH, >