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Sorry, but do you also have a save file as well?

I can look it over while watching football.

Stereoprism, just for kicks try this.....copy my old /usr/share/dosbox directory to your internal memory (a copy this directory can be obtained here). Now see if your directional pad works when you run games through RubyBox. This was an initial fix for me awhile back. If it doesn't work, just delete the /usr/share/dosbox directory from your internal memory.

pushwall: how do I copy it to my internal memory? I'm a complete newbie at this. I've read instances where one has to put files in directories like that, but all I've seen is what's on the file manager. I can't browse the internal memory except what's in my document, audio clip, etc. directories.

Addison:

This is what showed up in xterm while I ran U4:

~ $ rbox

^[[A^[[B^[[Sorry - server Keyboard map doesn't contain either 2 or 4 KeySyms per Keycode - unsupported!

Sorry - server Keyboard map doesn't contain either 2 or 4 KeySyms per Keycode - unsupported!

Sorry - server Keyboard map doesn't contain either 2 or 4 KeySyms per Keycode - unsupported!

DOSBox version 0.73

Copyright 2002-2009 DOSBox Team, published under GNU GPL.

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CONFIG:Loading primary settings from config file /home/user/apps/DOSBox 0.73 Preferences.txt

CONFIG:Loading additional settings from config file /home/user/.rubybox/Roleplaying_Games/ultima_iv_-_upgrade_version.conf

ALSA lib seq.c:935snd_seq_open_noupdate) Unknown SEQ hw

ALSA:Can't open sequencer

MIDI:Opened device:none

MAPPER: Loading mapper settings from /home/user/.rubybox/.mappers/mapper72.txt

killall: dosbox: no process killed

Sorry - server Keyboard map doesn't contain either 2 or 4 KeySyms per Keycode - unsupported!

Sorry - server Keyboard map doesn't contain either 2 or 4 KeySyms per Keycode - unsupported!

Sorry - server Keyboard map doesn't contain either 2 or 4 KeySyms per Keycode - unsupported!

DOSBox version 0.73

Copyright 2002-2009 DOSBox Team, published under GNU GPL.

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CONFIG:Loading primary settings from config file /home/user/apps/DOSBox 0.73 Preferences.txt

CONFIG:Loading additional settings from config file /home/user/.rubybox/Roleplaying_Games/ultima_iv_-_upgrade_version.conf

ALSA lib seq.c:935snd_seq_open_noupdate) Unknown SEQ hw

ALSA:Can't open sequencer

MIDI:Opened device:none

MAPPER: Loading mapper settings from /home/user/.rubybox/.mappers/mapper72.txt

killall: dosbox: no process killed

killall: xkbd: no process killed

killall: dosbox: no process killed

~ $

Hey Pushwall!

If you ask me, we should just give up on Stereoprism, he's probably a freak anyway.


Okay.

So looking over all of those errors you posted, they actually look about right.

Strange as it might seem, as far as I know, they're nothing to worry about. So you should be good.

I'm thinking it's got to be the game you're running and there's something simple we're missing.

Try this and we'll know for sure.

Download Nethack:
Nethack

Fire it up, create a quick character and see if you can move him with the number pad as well as your hardware D Pad.

Let's us know your results.

I'm guessing that it should work.

I tried nethack (which seems really fun btw), and it's the same problem. No directional movement on the hardware d pad or the xkbd directional keys.

I'm trying to use xarchiver to place pushwall's directory files, but it won't let me extract into the main file library, claiming that I don't have the right permissions.

I believe I've gained root access via xterminal by downloading rootsh and typing "gain root" in xterm. I should be able to extract to these directories, right?

In XTerminal after you have gained root access, see if you can type in these commands:
cd /usr/share
mkdir dosbox

If that works, then try using xarchiver to place the files into the directory:
/usr/share/dosbox

Okay, I've tried it, and xarchiver is still saying I don't have permission to extract to usr/share/dosbox : [

should I activate red pill mode, or does that matter at all?

Before you do that,.....I just remembered that the files in my zip file have the directory structure /usr/share/dosbox as part of the zip file. Try using xarchiver to place the files in this new zip file into /usr/share/dosbox (this zip file doesn't have the file structure associated with it).

yeah, it's still saying I don't have the right permissions to extract to that directory.

Okay my next suggestion is to install the file manager EmelFM2. Once that is installed, you can use a cardreader (if you don't already have one, they are cheap and found most anywhere) to transfer the individual files in that zip file from Windows to a directory on your tablet's media card. And then use EmelFM2 to copy those files from the media card to the /usr/share/dosbox directory.

(BTW, I personally use WinSCP to transfer files back and forth from WIndows to my tablet and vice versa, but that's too complicated to get into right now. I do suggest you learn about WinSCP and use it since it makes file transfers like this so much faster and easier.)