have you tried output=overlay ?
DOSBOX_SDL_OUTPUT=overlay ./dosbox

Hi Qbix,

Fantastic ! It works !

- but the usable part of the window isn't enlarged : now i suspect that is my SDL installation related. But where...

Great thank's,

Cheers,

Sergio

hi sergio,

try creating a configfile for dosbox (in dosbox: config -wc ~/.dosboxrc )
and edit that file. you can set the output there as well as well as other options that govern the size of the emulated window

Hi Obix,

OK : full working !

Thank's greatly to you for your very useful help.

Cheers,

Sergio

Sergio - maybe you an Qbix could arrange for a copy of your build to be made available on the www.dosbox.com site?

Installation is rather straightforward by using autogen/configure tools.

Hi MiniMax,

OK : first i'll learn again the best configuration (screen, keyboard) i'll find for Solaris/Sparc, and after that report it here on the forum (or somewhere else ?) ASAP. Maybe also about the build itself if something seems really interesting.

Cheers,

Sergio

Hi wd

It seems that i bad understand the question from MiniMax : effectively, i can provide my executable itself, if i have a way to upload it. Other hand, as you tell, the build is very easy for everyone on Solaris, even Sparc.

Cheers,

Sergio

The probably biggest problem in getting a *working* dosbox build is the keyboard,
at least that's the part that didn't work out of the box for me.

Hi wd,

For me (Solaris/Sparc, french Sun keyboard), finally the only thing is to switch "usescancodes" to false in dosbox.conf. After that, mapper.txt can be present or not present, that has no effect, the keyboard is always working.

On any PC with Solaris x86, i remember that i needed only the dosbox executable i builded with gcc, without any config file, and my french keyboard was also working.

Maybe the solution resides in the fact to have SDL builded on the same machine, or similar way ?

Sergio

the only thing is to switch "usescancodes" to false in dosbox.conf

Yes i know (direct scancode translation is basically only available for win+linux)
but that's the hard part if you don't have a dosbox.conf 😀

In this case, the easiest is to :

-open an empty file called dosbox.conf ;
- juste type :

[sdl]
usescancodes=false

Save the file, launch dosbox with this file in the same directory : after that, you should be able to type in the dosbox window :

config -wc dosbox.conf.new

(or any name you want)

And you will get a standard dosbox.conf.

Otherwise there are some dosbox.conf examples on the Web.

Sergio

Well i know about how to change the layout 😉
It's just that as far as i remember this was the only thing that didn't work
out of the box, that's why i've mentioned it.

Qbix wrote:

have you tried output=overlay ?
DOSBOX_SDL_OUTPUT=overlay ./dosbox

Thanks Qbix. I had similar problem (MIT-SHM, X_ShmPutImage) with Death Rally on Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04. Setting output to overlay did the trick 😀