[GEM Development] OpenGEM 5 freezes/hangs/locks on FreeDOS 0.9 SR2

[John Hupp]

I just posted this on the FreeDOS list also.

I just loaded OpenGEM 5 (full version) on a pure FreeDOS 0.9 SR2 machine (Pentium 100, 16MB, Mustang socket 7 motherboard).  The only installation hitch I noticed is that a message flashed by at the outset - something about TZ environment variable not found, I believe.  But the installation did not stop and seemed to finish without error.

OpenGEM starts fine and displays the desktop, but freezes whenever I try to run an application.  One of the Help files loaded fine however.  If I F5 to bypass FreeDOS startup files and then start OpenGEM, it loads but the mouse does not work.  However the pointer will move in response to the arrow navigation keys.  (I believe it will load CTMOUSE on its own.)

This FreeDOS installation is as loaded by the SR2 CD, except that I updated the KERNEL to 1.1.35 Build 2035b-cvs, 2006-04-18 and COMMAND to 0.84-pre XMS_Swap, downloaded 2006-04-18 in cmdxms.HEAD.zip.

My normal DOS configuration follows below.

--John Hupp

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CONFIG.SYS
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SWITCHES=/F
COUNTRY=001,858,C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS
SET LANG=EN
LASTDRIVE=Z
BUFFERS=30
FILES=40
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DOSDATA=UMB
SET DIRCMD=/OGN /4
DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\HIMEM.EXE
DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\EMM386.EXE X=TEST VDS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:FDCD0001
SHELL=C:\command.com C:\ /E:512 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT

AUTOEXEC.BAT
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SET PROMPT=$P$G
SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS
SET PATH=C:\NET;C:\;C:\FDOS\bin;C:\DOSSHELL;C:\PKZIP
SET NLSPATH=C:\FDOS\NLS
SET HELPPATH=C:\FDOS\HELP
SET TEMP=C:\FDOS\TEMP
SET TMP=C:\FDOS\TEMP
SET CODEPAGE=858
SET WATTCP.CFG=C:\FDOS\BIN
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T4

IF EXIST C:\FDOS\BIN\MOUSE.EXE CTMOUSE
LH LBACACHE.COM
LH C:\SHSUCD\SHSUCDHD.EXE /F:?C:\GAMES\SKY\CD.ISO
SHSUCDX /Q+ /D:?FDCD0001 /D:SHSU-CDH
C:\ESSUTIL\ESSCFG.EXE /A:220 /I:5 /D:1 /E:5 /B:330 /J:E !
C:\ESSUTIL\ESSVOL.EXE /V:8 /L:8 /W:8 /M:0 /C:8 /S:8 /A:8
DOSSHELL /G:M2
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