Subj : Re: Using DOSEMU to set up doors for SBBS
To   : Diamond Dave
From : Nelgin
Date : Fri Dec 17 2021 20:55:06

On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 20:17:31 -0500
"Diamond Dave" <diamond.dave@VERT/DMINE> wrote:

> So I've been playing with Synchronet in Ubuntu, trying to get DOSEMU
> (actually DOSEMU2, since the original DOSEMU project is pretty much
> dormant) to get DOS doors to work.
> 
> Got Synchronet complled from source and installed, and it's running
> fine. 
> 
> I set it up in /sbbs instead of /home/(user)/sbbs. Is that the right
> place for it to run?
> 
> Got DOSEMU2 installed, and it's running fine. I can get it to do
> basic stuff. 
> 
> And I'm using Rob's Wiki articles to help getting things set up. So I
> plan on having it use the external.bat and dosemu.conf files that Rob
> set up in the /sbbs/ctrl directory. So far that's OK. 
> 
> But the part I'm missing is how can I set up DOSEMU to allow me to
> set up the DOS doors where you need to run a configuration program so
> I can tell the door game where to find the drop files, what directory
> it's running in, etc.
> 
> I've been trying to use the "lredir" command in DOSEMU to tell it to
> point to the /sbbs/xtrn directory, but I keep getting error messages.
> 
> So where am I going wrong in getting this set up?

That is a pain but I do have an answer for you.

I have a shell script that I call de (for dos environment)

unset DISPLAY
/usr/bin/env  QUIET=1 HOME=/sbbs/ctrl/ DOSDRIVE_D=/sbbs/node1/ /usr/bin/dosemu.bin -f/etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf


Then run 

lredir E: linux\fs\sbbs\xtrn


If that doesn't work, then you already have something screwed up. Apart
from Tradwars, dosemu just works with the default config found in the
latest dev releases.

Also, here's a pro-tip, if you say you're getting an error and you
don't post the error, most people are likely either not going to help,
or tell you to post the error.
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