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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sindi Keesan wrote:
> >
> > I could not see the numbers that I typed
> 
> Sounds like a bug.  It would be useful if you could track
> down the cause.  Nothing like that has ever happen on the
> two computers I use for testing.

I will note if it happens on other computers.  After the third boot, I can 
see the numbers on this computer now.  Maybe changing video cards would 
make the problem come back?  This is S3Trio64V+.

> 
> > > Are you booting from bare DOS?
> > 
> > No, we have himem.sys and emm386.exe in config.sys, 
> 
> Then that could be the cause of your problem.  Both of
> those crash Xvesa for me.

So why did things start working now?  Why have they always worked on 
another computer with the same config.sys and autoexec.bat?  I think the 
difference must be in the hardware.  cpu or video card?


> 
> > because this is a DOS computer used for DOS as well as BL3.  
> > I thought the whole point of BL was for use on a DOS computer, 
> > not on its own computer, 
> 
> Not necessarily.  It boots from DOS because unzip-and-boot is
> simple and doesn't require partitioning.  As for BL3, I'm
> hoping that some dusty computers (currently used for nothing) 
> might get a new life as Xterminals.
> 
> > and I can't use DOS very well without autoexec.bat and config.sys.
> 
> I'm sure somebody as experienced as you knows how to do a
> config.sys menu.  Or simply press SHIFT when DOS boots to 
> bypass config.sys and autoexec.bat.

I have been using the RAMdisk linuxes to go online with, on my mostly-DOS 
computer.  I already have too many computers in use at once and don't plan 
to have any that do just linux.

I don't have any idea how to do a config.sys menu.  Next time I have 
problems with invisible numbers I will try doing SHIFT.  I can't fix the 
problem because it no longer occurs.    I suppose I could delete BL3 on 
that computer and start over again but then I would have to save a few 
files to which I have made changes.  Don't have time right now.  We will 
be setting up more computers and will look for bugs on them.


> > I will see if booting from a bare DOS on floppy disk fixes 
> > the lack of a cursor in rxvt.  
> 
> Your rxvt never has a cursor???  Even when running solo?
> Something is weird there.  Could be a milder form of the
> Xvesa clash.  

You explained that I need to move the mouse X to the rxvt window in 
order to get a cursor.

I have not had any Xvesa clash, just invisible numbers and letters on teh 
OTHER computer.

>  
> Cheers,
> Steven
> 
> 
> P.S. Do you know what partition your DrDOS systems use for C:?  
>      I'd like to add that option to the BL3 boot routine.

hda1 on the two that I checked.  But D: is hda3 on one.