Re: Re: Running DOS doors in Synchronet
By: Nelgin to Will Milberger on Sat Jan 11 2020 04:24 am

How are you starting sbbs? From the command line? systemctl?

I am using SynchronetManagementConsole. It's basically a daemon setup in python.

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Re: Running DOS doors in Synchronet
By: Grease to Rampage on Fri Jan 10 2020 08:44 pm

Okay, some headway. I got the ../ctrl/.dosemu folder
I made the autoexec.bat and config.sys and copied the fossils into the .dosemu directory.
When I try to run the door, or the command .com external, I get these messages:

can't create local /root/.dosemu directory
can't create local /root/.dosemu/run directory
can't open /sbbs/node1/dosemu_boot.log for writing

I'm not sure why it's trying to create a folder in /root, what user are you running Synchronet as? Additionally, you've done a lot of copying & creating various files and all of those should be owned by the proper user/group that you're starting Synchronet as.

-altere

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Grease wrote:

Re: Re: Running DOS doors in Synchronet
By: Nelgin to Will Milberger on Sat Jan 11 2020 04:24 am

How are you starting sbbs? From the command line? systemctl?

I am using SynchronetManagementConsole. It's basically a daemon setup in

python.

Why?

Try to unset DISPLAY before you run the management console or whatever. If
the management console is a gui then you're going to have problems. Why not just it from systemd like everyone else does (or should)?

For grins you can try to change /sbbs/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp line 1422

It should look like this:

"/usr/bin/env %s HOME=%s QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=%s %s -I\"video { none }\" -I'keystroke \"\\r\"' %s -f%s -E%s -o%sdosemu_boot.log %s",


Change it to include DISPLAY=""

"/usr/bin/env %s DISPLAY="" HOME=%s QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=%s %s -I\"video { none }\" -I'keystroke \"\\r\"' %s -f%s -E%s -o%sdosemu_boot.log %s",


Then recompile and restart.

Also, someone mentioned that you installed as root but trying to run as a different user. Make sure you chown -R whatever. /sbbs
to ensure that the owner is set correctly. The only time I am root is to
start and stop the BBS through systemd and even that drops the permissions
to my bbs user.

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Re: Re: Running DOS doors in Synchronet
By: Nelgin to Grease on Sat Jan 11 2020 05:57 pm

Grease wrote:

Re: Re: Running DOS doors in Synchronet
By: Nelgin to Will Milberger on Sat Jan 11 2020 04:24 am

How are you starting sbbs? From the command line? systemctl?

I am using SynchronetManagementConsole. It's basically a daemon setup in python.

Why?

Try to unset DISPLAY before you run the management console or whatever. If the management console is a gui then you're going to have problems. Why not just it from systemd like everyone else does (or should)?

For grins you can try to change /sbbs/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp line 1422

It should look like this:

"/usr/bin/env %s HOME=%s QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=%s %s -I\"video { none }\" -I'keystroke \"\\r\"' %s -f%s -E%s -o%sdosemu_boot.log %s",

Change it to include DISPLAY=""

"/usr/bin/env %s DISPLAY="" HOME=%s QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=%s %s -I\"video { none }\" -I'keystroke \"\\r\"' %s -f%s -E%s -o%sdosemu_boot.log %s",

Then recompile and restart.

The correct way to insert double-quotes in a C string is the sequence: \"

So that'd be:
"/usr/bin/env %s DISPLAY=\"\" HOME=%s QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=%s %s -I\"video {
none }\" -I'keystroke \"\\r\"' %s -f%s -E%s -o%sdosemu_boot.log %s"

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Digital wrote:

Re: Re: Running DOS doors in Synchronet
By: Nelgin to Grease on Sat Jan 11 2020 05:57 pm

Grease wrote:

Re: Re: Running DOS doors in Synchronet
By: Nelgin to Will Milberger on Sat Jan 11 2020 04:24 am

How are you starting sbbs? From the command line? systemctl?

I am using SynchronetManagementConsole. It's basically a daemon setup in
python.

Why?

Try to unset DISPLAY before you run the management console or whatever. If
the management console is a gui then you're going to have problems. Why not
just it from systemd like everyone else does (or should)?

For grins you can try to change /sbbs/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp line 1422

It should look like this:

"/usr/bin/env %s HOME=%s QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=%s %s -I\"video { none }\"
-I'keystroke \"\\r\"' %s -f%s -E%s -o%sdosemu_boot.log %s",


Change it to include DISPLAY=""

"/usr/bin/env %s DISPLAY="" HOME=%s QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=%s %s -I\"video {
none }\" -I'keystroke \"\\r\"' %s -f%s -E%s -o%sdosemu_boot.log %s",


Then recompile and restart.

The correct way to insert double-quotes in a C string is the sequence: \"

So that'd be:
"/usr/bin/env %s DISPLAY=\"\" HOME=%s QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=%s %s -I\"video {
none }\" -I'keystroke \"\\r\"' %s -f%s -E%s -o%sdosemu_boot.log %s"

Yup, my bad. Good catch.

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On 01-10-20 16:48, Altere wrote to Will Milberger <=-

I won't discourage you from doing a backup but rebuilding the source doesn't replace any of your text or configuration files, just your executables.

True, but it never hurts to do a backup, just in case something goes horribly pear shaped. :)


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Grease wrote:

I'm sorry, but I've read through these, and am now more confused. http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dosemu
http://www.icequake.net/bbs/syncmods/

When I setup SBBS, I could have swore I did USE_DOSEMU=1, but when I open a

terminal in Linux, the drives do not correspond to the drives in these how-to's.

C:/ Looks blank. Just a tmp, autoexec.bat and config.sys
D:/ looks like either bin or usr
E:/ Looks like root.

I'm supposed to goto E:/ and then goto D:/ for the dropfile, and I just

seem to be missing something here.

I got the sunrise doors and would like to set them up, but just feel I am

at a roadblock right now.


So, we spend a lot of time trying to help you get this going. Did it work?

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Re: Re: Running DOS doors in Synchronet
By: Nelgin to Grease on Thu Jan 16 2020 04:11 am

So, we spend a lot of time trying to help you get this going. Did it

work?

Not yet. I did a fresh install of operating system and sbbs. The usb stick wouldn't read my backup, so basically starting over from scratch. Luckily, I had my ansi screens on a different computer. It'll probably be another week or so until I get back to it.

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Grease wrote:

Re: Re: Running DOS doors in Synchronet
By: Nelgin to Grease on Thu Jan 16 2020 04:11 am

So, we spend a lot of time trying to help you get this going. Did it work?

Not yet. I did a fresh install of operating system and sbbs. The usb stick

wouldn't read my backup, so basically starting over from scratch. Luckily, I had my ansi screens on a different computer. It'll probably be another week or so until I get back to it.

What OS and version are you using?

If you went with Ubuntu (highly recommended, sbbs just works with ubunto) I
can probably tar up my working dosemu setup. You'll just need to make sure
the packages are installed and then drop in my tar. I did this before but
for previous version of Ubuntu, it will have everything you need, config, emusetup.bat, fossil driver, configure all your drives, etc. I need a test subject for it anyway to make sure I got all the components.
Let me know if you're interested.

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Re: Re: Running DOS doors in Synchronet
By: Nelgin to Grease on Thu Jan 16 2020 12:30 pm

What OS and version are you using?

Swapped back to Manjaro (a form of Arch). Close enough to Ubuntu (At least to Debian)

I can probably tar up my working dosemu setup. You'll just need to make sure the packages are installed and then drop in my tar.

Sounds like fun. Willing to give it a try. Getting close enough on things to get back on the BBS to do the tarball on Sunday.
I can d/l from your board, or you can upload it on darkmatt.synchro.net, or email to wilmil@rocketmail.com

Thanks!

Grease
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