Porteus

Posted: **01 Feb 2025, 20:29**

DosBox what is it use for? Like what type of programs, games or anything else. I want to know I can use it for. I do have ms-dos v6.22

Posted: **01 Feb 2025, 23:41**

Try running your .bat and .cmd scripts in the DosBox and see what happens.

Posted: **02 Feb 2025, 09:36**

Last time I used it to play carmaggedon, but in the end I had to use a fork called “dosbox-x” to avoid annoying glitches.

Posted: **02 Feb 2025, 17:14**

vinnie wrote: ↑
02 Feb 2025, 09:36
Last time I used it to play carmaggedon, but in the end I had to use a fork called “dosbox-x” to avoid annoying glitches.

I'm going to try it but I will have to find any dependency first. I look at the screen shot in DosBox-x link and I like what saw. Beside it look better then plain dosbox.

Posted: **02 Feb 2025, 17:58**

Be sure to share the module you make Jack.

Posted: **02 Feb 2025, 18:16**

Ed_P wrote: ↑
02 Feb 2025, 17:58
Be sure to share the module you make Jack.

I will if I get it to work.

Posted: **02 Feb 2025, 19:07**

Here is a screen shot and the file. Don't ask for help because I don't have a clue about dosbox-x.

Update

dosbox-x works only Mate

Posted: **02 Feb 2025, 20:39**

Thanks Jack

Unfortunately my 15 min download yielded me this:

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guest@porteus:~$ dosbox-x
dosbox-x: error while loading shared libraries: libpipewire-0.3.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
guest@porteus:~$

Posted: **02 Feb 2025, 21:09**

Ed_P wrote: ↑
02 Feb 2025, 20:39
Thanks Jack Unfortunately my 15 min download yielded me this:
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guest@porteus:~$ dosbox-x
dosbox-x: error while loading shared libraries: libpipewire-0.3.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
guest@porteus:~$ 

When I did the dependency check I was in Mate and your running Cinnamon so it looks like I need to do a dependency without running any Desktop to get them all.

I guest I could add libpipewire-0.3.so.0 to make it work for Mate and Cinnamon. Is that all it needs?

Posted: **02 Feb 2025, 21:14**

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root@porteus:/home/guest# slapt-mod -s libpipewire
root@porteus:/home/guest# slapt-mod -s libpipewire*
root@porteus:/home/guest# slapt-mod -s *libpipewire*

Jack wrote: ↑
02 Feb 2025, 21:09
Is that all it needs?

No idea.

Posted: **02 Feb 2025, 21:29**

When I did all my dependency check. I did it using pkgorg all those dependency were rpm even dosbox-x that where I found dosbox-x.

Posted: **02 Feb 2025, 21:34**

There was a update here.
DosBox (Post by Jack #101898)

Posted: **02 Feb 2025, 22:14**

Jack wrote: ↑
02 Feb 2025, 17:14
I'm going to try it but I will have to find any dependency first. I look at the screen shot in DosBox-x link and I like what saw. Beside it look better then plain dosbox.

I'm not an expert but at least the embedded interface is really confortable

p.s. I had built the module on nemesis with aur, I can pass it but I don't think it will work on porteus also.

Posted: **04 Feb 2025, 01:20**

I have a link on old Dos and Windows 3.1 if anyone might need it. I think DosBox-x can use most of them I think.

Posted: **04 Feb 2025, 19:28**

Try this link too: https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games

And thank you for this one: https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud. ... x86_64.rpm

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guest@porteus:~$ dosbox-x
dosbox-x: error while loading shared libraries: libSDL2_net-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
guest@porteus:~$ su
Password: 
root@porteus:/home/guest# dosbox-x
dosbox-x: error while loading shared libraries: libSDL2_net-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
root@porteus:/home/guest#