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From: Ralph Alvy <ralvy@warpmail.net>
To: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Port access and keyboard emulation w/ dosemu
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 10:05:53 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bls7di$8us$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.44.0310061056481.16304-100000@pg5.enm.bris.ac.uk

Bart Oldeman wrote:
> 
> 1.0.2.1 is only able to access COM1 as root because otherwise it cannot
> create lock files. This problem is fixed in 1.2.0rc1 -- just make sure you
> have permissions to create a file in /var/lock and r/w access to
> /dev/ttyS0.
> 
> In short: please try 1.2.0rc1 -- more feedback is always welcome ...

BTW, Bart, the problem I was having with 1.1.5, where I couldn't access COM1
as non-root (a locking problem I could never resolve), is resolved with
1.2.0rc1. That is, COM1 is now not locked when I "boot" xdosemu as
non-root.



      reply	other threads:[~2003-10-06 17:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-10-06  5:46 Port access and keyboard emulation w/ dosemu Richard White
2003-10-06 10:05 ` Bart Oldeman
2003-10-06 17:05   ` Ralph Alvy [this message]

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