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DOSBox Caps lock trouble

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First post, by oldwindohsmedosbocks

Posted on 2014-08-01, 15:16

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I'm using Windows 3.1 in DOSBox and everything works fine. To put caps lock on, I have to press caps lock about 4 times to put it on, and 4 times again to turn it off. It happens with every DOS program I run within DOSBox but not in my actual computer. How do I fix it? Thanks a lot.

Reply 1 of 2, by Qbix

Posted on 2014-08-01, 15:37

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You can try changing the parameter usescancodes in the configuration file, but it might be a bug in 0.74 as the lock key handling had some problems.

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Reply 2 of 2, by ripa

Posted on 2014-08-01, 15:40

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Try using one or both of these environment variables:
SDL_DISABLE_LOCK_KEYS=1
SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib

Also, SDL_DISABLE_LOCK_KEYS requires a SDLdll 1.2.14 or later (Dosbox ships with a customized 1.2.13).

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