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From: Ralph Alvy <ralvy@warpmail.net>
Subject: Re: Port access and keyboard emulation w/ dosemu
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 10:05:53 -0700
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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.