Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 10:07:53 +0100 (BST) From: Developer <dev@fgate.flevel.co.uk> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux Willows? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960807100703.3366B-100000@fgate.flevel.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199608061627.JAA13485@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Ive just tried to run the linux version of the willows windows emulator > > (xwin) and run into an error:- > > [ ... ] > > > FatalAppExit: DPMI failure > > [ ... ] > > > Has anyone any idea why this might be? > > DOS Protected Mode Interface failure. It means that the VM86() call > failed in the Linux emulator. This is probably understandable, since > it has never been implemented. The patches for the BSD version of a How hard would this be to implement? Is anyone working on this one? > DPMI for the BSD version of Willows is available as part of the BSD > Willows distribution. You will have to use that instead. Ah, I understand.. Ive emailed Willows regarding this - do I get the freebsd patches from them? Regards, Trefor S.
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