I created the config file with all the settings you suggested. Dosbox does confirm that it loads its settings from the dosbox.conf I created. Unfortunatly it had no effect on the crashing I appreciate the effort you are putting in to helping me solve this though

The following is the result of single stepping the debug enabled dosbox using gdb on my system. The whole thing is rather large so I will cut out the middle and just leave the beginning and end in. If you want the whole thing let me know. GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.3.0.0-1.122rh) Copyright 2004 Free …

well you could try compiling dosbox with debug information and stepping through it. The important parts are reached quite early in the code. (the initialisation of the video card for example) I compiled Dosbox as requested with --enable-debug. After installing a few missing devel packages it …

Nothing except a driver error should be able to stop a Linux system like that. I suspect that you have different graphics driver versions in 2.6.16-2111 and 2.6.16-2111. Unfortunatly I don't. My main system is using the latest Nvidia driver while the other is using vesa driver the FC installer …

I recently downloaded Dosbox on my relativly fresh install of FC5 (after installing all updates). It locks up the system when it starts. The window shows up, I get a black screen in it and I can't do anything. No mouse, no keys - nothing. I have to reset to use my computer again. Out of curiosity, i …