Description of problem: No packages for dosemu on Mageia 1. Still have old Mandriva packages installed for now. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Unknown. Would like to have the "latest" though. How reproducible: Very Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Mageia 1 2. Look for dosemu packages to install
URL: (none) => http://dosemu.sourceforge.net/Source RPM: xdosemu-1.4.0.1-4mdv2010.1 dosemu-1.4.0.1-4mdv2010.1 dosemu-freedos-1.4.0.1-4mdv2010.1 => dosemu
Hi, DOSEMU for Mageia really would be nice :-)
CC: (none) => chmos
Setting version to cauldron to improve the chance that someone will package it. When it is in cauldron, it is expected to be available in the first stable release that follows, but it is also possible to reopen this request for Mga 1, then.
CC: (none) => marja11Hardware: i586 => AllVersion: 1 => CauldronSummary: I use dosemu from Mandriva for some old DOS applications. This is needed in Mageia. => dosemu, DOS Emulation, enables Linux to run DOS programsWhiteboard: (none) => MdvSeverity: normal => enhancement
WIP
Status: NEW => ASSIGNEDCC: (none) => mageia
Assignee: bugsquad => mageia
Please, can somebody create RPM package? Still is not in Cauldron, thank you
CC: (none) => chipo
(In reply to comment #4) > Please, can somebody create RPM package? Still is not in Cauldron, thank you @ Gene Damien started working on it, but he had to put it aside for a while, because he had far more urgent work to do in the past months. Any packager is free to contact him and offer his/her help. If you happen to know people who might want to contribute to Mageia, please point them to http://www.mageia.org/en/contribute/ The more packagers and other contributors there are, the sooner package requests will be done :)
Hi, dosemu-1.4.0.1-4.mga2 now available. Please test it. Thank you Alexander for the report and Marja for the tracking. :-)
Closing as package is now available. Please reopen if needed.
Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED
Hi, thank you for this package. I installed rpm to Mageia 1, installation with no problems. Description of problem: DosEmu has some bug inside Version-Release number of selected component: dosemu-1.4.0.1-4.mga2 Steps to Reproduce: # urpmi dosemu - install with dependency $ dosemu LOWRAM mmap: Operation not permitted Cannot map low DOS memory (the first 640k). You can most likely avoid this problem by running sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr=0 as root, or by changing the vm.mmap_min_addr setting in /etc/sysctl.conf to 0. How to solve it (as root): # sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr=0
Status: RESOLVED => VERIFIEDResolution: FIXED => WORKSFORME
Martin, this is not a bug in DOSEMU, it is a "security" setting in the 2.6.* kernels that affects both DOSEMU and many WINE applications. It has been known of for a while now that the default kernel setting of 64kb for mmap_min_addr causes problems with virtualization. The "permanent" fix is to edit /etc/sysctl.conf as root and add the line 'vm.mmap_min_addr=0' there. I have had this "fix" on my system for quite some time. This is addressed in detail here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/216398 and here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538432 As you can see, it is working as designed. It may be a good idea if the DOSEMU installation scripts checked this and set up /etc/sysctl.conf for one on install. If a warning about "security" needs to be shown, then maybe do that too.
Again closing as fixed, because the package was pushed to cauldron (and is now available in Mga2)
Status: VERIFIED => RESOLVEDResolution: WORKSFORME => FIXED