From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36EB33EACE for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:46:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (IDENT:root@lacrosse.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.154]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2O1kam13714 for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:46:36 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g2O1kao10306 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:46:36 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g2O1kai10302 for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:46:36 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2O1kam13710 for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:46:36 -0500 Received: from lowblow.svc.tds.net (lowblow.svc.tds.net [204.246.1.39]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g2O1iOu16660 for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:44:24 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.1] ([66.222.63.40]) by lowblow.svc.tds.net with ESMTP id <20020324014635.CDK20824.lowblow@[66.222.63.40]>; Sat, 23 Mar 2002 19:46:35 -0600 Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 19:46:31 -0600 (CST) From: "John J. Boyer" X-X-Sender: To: "blinux-list@redhat.com" Cc: Subject: Re: dosemu and com port problem resolved In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Cheryl, Could you explain how to get dosemu started quickly with enough memory for MegaDots and not using com1? I've downloded dosemu-1.3.1 and want to gert to work. If you also received a personal message from me, I'm posting this again because you may not be receiving my e-mail again or I might not be receiving yours. My apogies to others on the list, but I think this might be of interest to some of them also. John On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I finally am able to use serial ports with dosemu; there is a bug in the stable > version that won't allow lock files to be created without suid root. I solved > this by obtaining and compiling the 1.1.3 version (development) from > www.dosemu.org. For any interested debian users, I understand that the > maintainer of the package has fixed the bug in our 1.0.2.1--whatever version and > the upgrade will be out shortly. > Pcisk and megadots both work with dosemu; you need to put in the number of > kilobytes for dpmi in the dosemu.conf for megadots to work. > The one catch turns out to be that brltty is stopped dead in its tracks, I > assume during the initialization process when starting dosemu. This does not > happen with speakup, however; speakup keeps > going right to the dos prompt and beyond. It isn't probably just the piece of > equipment being used, as I was using the same equipment for brltty and speakup. > However, it is possible to kill brltty before entering dosemu and > then start up a DOS speech screen reader on the same equipment. It is also > possible simply not to include the serial port on which brltty is running in > your dosemu.conf file. In that case, brltty keeps running happily on the dosemu > console as well as all other consoles during the dosemu session. If one does > accidentally leave brltty installed when starting dosemu, brltty dies but can be > restarted again on exiting dosemu with a restart command (chord-r with > braillelite), so apparently brltty > isn't completely killed. In fact if you assume it was killed and type 'brltty" > after exiting dosemu, you will probably be dealing with more than one brltty! > At any rate, I'm happy to have access to the serial ports under dosemu now. > thanks to all who helped. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703