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Can't use mouse anymore (mouse isn't captured by dosbox)

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First post, by fraisinette

Posted on 2010-03-21, 13:51

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Hi everyone.

I'm using dosbox for a long time now. And I'm quite happy with it. It's just an awesome tool that let me go back in childhood again.

Unfortunately, I'm having trouble with some games on my last dosbox install. I can't use the mouse anymore. The mouse isn't even captured by dosbox. I noticed I can slightly (pixel by pixel) move the mouse by clicking like hell on the screen.

I tried to add this to my xorg.conf :

1Section "Module"
2    SubSection "extmod"
3        Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
4    EndSubSection
5EndSection

and restarted X, but that didn't change anything.

Can anyone please help me with this issue ?

I'm using Debian GNU/Linux testing (Squeeze) AMD64. The dosbox version is the one from the debian packages.

Reply 1 of 5, by Qbix

Posted on 2010-03-21, 14:00

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if it is for some games.
did you try ctrl-f10 ?

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Reply 2 of 5, by fraisinette

Posted on 2010-03-21, 14:11

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Yes, I tried that already. That didn't work.

Sorry I forgot to notice that in my previous post.

Reply 3 of 5, by wd

Posted on 2010-03-21, 14:41

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Maybe try SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE if you suspect the DGA to be the source
of the problem, check the following (maybe outdated) page:
http://www.libsdl.org/faq.php?action=listentries&category=3

Reply 4 of 5, by fraisinette

Posted on 2010-03-21, 15:21

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I don't know if it's a DGA related issue. I just browsed the net and that was the only hint I had. So I just tried it. Unfortunately it didn't work.

I tried this anyway :

1SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 dosbox

1export SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0
2dosbox

But that didn't work either and I have no clue about what to try next.

Thank you very much for your answers tho.

Reply 5 of 5, by fraisinette

Posted on 2010-03-27, 22:26

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I installed dosbox on another box (same OS), but I still have the same weird bug.

I don't know what to do 🙁

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