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FS#41419 - [dosbox] Enable OpenGL output

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by John Lindgren (jlindgren) - Friday, 01 August 2014, 02:46 GMT
Last edited by Jaroslav Lichtblau (Dragonlord) - Thursday, 16 October 2014, 12:06 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Jaroslav Lichtblau (Dragonlord)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

DOSBox unnecessarily disables its OpenGL output in certain (most?) DOS video modes. For me, OpenGL output is a very desirable feature, since it's the only way to get decent video scaling without going to fullscreen and changing the X11 video mode (which has its own bugs).

There's a patch on the upstream bug tracker, which I've been using with no problems:
https://sourceforge.net/p/dosbox/bugs/385/

Additional info:
* package version(s)

dosbox 0.74-6

Steps to reproduce:

Add the following in dosbox-0.74.conf:
fullscreen=true
fullresolution=1366x768 (replace with native screen resolution)
output=opengl

Run DOSBox and note that the output (even in the default text mode) is centered, not scaled up to the full size of the screen.
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Closed by  Jaroslav Lichtblau (Dragonlord)
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 12:06 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Jaroslav Lichtblau (Dragonlord) - Thursday, 16 October 2014, 12:06 GMT
Patching for feature addition is not the philosophy of Arch Linux. Try to convince upstream to implement the patch or feel free to create a new dosbox opengl enabled package in AUR under some recognizable name.

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