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seancci
07-30-2002, 09:42 AM
Ok, I'm a linux newbie and have been reading on the internet like mad including this forum. I tried a search, but really didn't turn much up.

Here is the situation...

I have an 8MB Ram 200Mhz machine running Debian (potato). I'm trying to get a program called Touch Express to run in it (powerbasic) using dosemu. I got it installed and configured. I even got share.exe to run and got the program to start, but I'm having troubles with two major things right now.

1)I need a 10x23 font. Can I just rip the font off a windows machine and how would I "install" it?

2) The program uses mouse clicks. I'm not sure how much you experience in DOS there is, but when you open a command window in win2k there is an option for the command window called quickedit mode. Basically, you can see the mouse cursor and highlight things, but you can't click a "button." It's quickedit mode in windows, and it's acting like that mode in dosemu. Is there a toggle for it somewhere I'm not seeing (checked through dosemu.conf and saw nothing)? Is it for another reason?

Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. I'll try to do whatever you guys think, but I'm really a newbie at linux. I'm starting to understand the filesystem a bit more since I've been working in dosemu so much.

treatment
07-30-2002, 11:14 AM
I don't know if you can run GPM within dosemu, but i guess you will need an old DOS mouse-routines/programs from some public-domain sites and run it from within dosemu.

seancci
07-30-2002, 12:45 PM
gpm is the quickedit I've learned so I disabled it so I can run my own mouse driver in dos. I tried to install cutemouse as the driver and it says it can't find the device...any more ideas?

My current plan is to find a mouse driver that works. I'm a bit confused on how mgarrot works or why you would need it after you load a driver.

Still screwed on the fonts thing.

Thanks for the help so far though.

seancci
07-30-2002, 02:12 PM
Ok, got the mouse working (except I can't see a cursor)...

still screwed on the fonts though if anyone can help me out.