bochs - vga fonts

[nard]

howdy,

I'm trying to get bochs to work. I keep getting the error about the vga fonts not loading. What package loads the correct fonts? also, is there a way to search the packages for stuff like this? I'm used to debian, and I always used their package search tool on their web site.

thanks

-bernie

[TobiWan]

Getting Bochs up and running

Hi there,

This is pretty depressing... having to see that you asked a question more than one year ago and still nobody has answered...

But I have the answer to your question since I got Bochs up and running yesterday.

Follow this step by step. I compiled this information from the Bochs online documentation and bochs.sourceforce.net:

Make sure your DISPLAY variable points to local machine.
These steps require root privileges.
Your X11 fonts path will vary on different systems. For example:
Solaris 2.x /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts
Linux /usr/lib/X11/fonts/

Inside the bochs directory (use find or KDE's file searcher):

root# cp vga.pcf font-path-here/misc
root# compress font-path-here/misc/vga.pcf
root# mkfontdir font-path-here/misc
root# xset fp rehash
root# /etc/init.d/xfs restart (Restart your X font server)

You should run into trouble running the "mkfontdir" command because it's apparently not in the search path for binaries. You have to locate it in the X11's "bin" directory and invoke it by referencing the full path:

root# /some_dir/some_X11/bin/mkfontdir ...

The same goes for "xset".

Hint: tab completion and "locate" are your friends.

Do not use the bash script inside the bochs directory which is supposed to "install" the font. It doesn't work.

When you got it running you can share your experience with Bochs' performance since I'm having real trouble with it. The Windows 98SE installation is running for almost 24 hours now... and I granted Bochs 256MB RAM.

Check this out please:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=87875

cheers,
Tobias
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