Bug#268664: marked as done (dosemu: config.dosbanner can't be turned off)
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From: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
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Subject: dosemu: config.dosbanner can't be turned off
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Package: dosemu
Version: 1.2.1.0
Severity: normal
I'm using dosemu-1.2.1.0 together with freedos.
Now I have dosemu correctly configured (and running like a charm!) I'd
like to disable the startup dos banner, since I generally run commands
from the bash shell (e.g. "dosemu myprog") and the startup output each
time interferes with the output I want to see.
I added
$_dosbanner = (off)
to /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf and also to .dosemurc, but neither had any
effect. I've also tried (0), (1) and (on) etc., but nothing changes the
config (which I've read by using "-D+c -O").
I also tried chaning the "dosbanner on" line in
/usr/lib/dosemu/global.conf, and sourcing this with -F, but it also had
no effect! Running as root didn't change anything either.
I had a look at the sources, and the yacc grammar seems to say that the
config line I added should parse correctly...
Is it possible to turn off the dosbanner?
Many thanks,
Roger
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To: Ryan Underwood <nemesis@icequake.net>
Cc: 268664-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#268664: dosemu: config.dosbanner can't be turned off
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From: Roger Leigh <rleigh@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 15:50:42 +0100
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Ryan Underwood <nemesis@icequake.net> writes:
> On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 03:55:27PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
>
>> I added
>>
>> $_dosbanner = (off)
>
> This won't work. dosbanner is a global.conf option.
>
>> I also tried chaning the "dosbanner on" line in
>> /usr/lib/dosemu/global.conf, and sourcing this with -F, but it also had
>> no effect! Running as root didn't change anything either.
>
> Are you absolutely sure about this? I just changed 'dosbanner on' to
> 'dosbanner off', and ran it like this:
>
> $ dosemu -F /usr/lib/dosemu/global.conf
>
> No DOSEMU startup message was displayed (only FreeDOS and
> config/autoexec messages).
I tried it on the machine I have here and this did work! The other
machine was at work, and I won't have access until Tuesday. The work
machine has a lot of modifications to /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf, which
might possibly have caused it to be ignored--I'll check next week.
BTW, I filed a bug against dosemu last year regarding this line in the
postrm, but it was ignored by the old maintainer:
purge)
rm -rf /etc/dosemu /var/lib/dosemu
/var/lib/dosemu gets blown away on purge. That's OK, but the dosemu
docs did tell you to put your operating system under here (although
they did mention symlinking as an option). I lost a 4 GiB filesystem
to a dosemu purge, since it was mounted directly under here, all done
according to the instructions provided with the package.
Please would you consider either not purging the directory
indiscriminately, or making sure the docs don't mention putting user
data under there under pain of severe data loss--I was badly affected
by this, and I wouldn't want others to suffer as well.
Thanks,
Roger
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