dosbox default keybindings all messed up

[msoulier]

Hello,

I installed retropie for the first time, and my dell usb keyboard works fine in a terminal, but when I fire up dosbox, the keybindings are so messed up that I must power cycle to get out of dosbox.

Help appreciated to get this working. I'm just trying to use some old DOS abandonware.

Thanks.

[Hex]

You can change the key bindings by using a mouse and switching to Keyboard binding editor (CTRL+F1)

You can also bind controllers to keyboard

[msoulier]

@Hex Unfortunately the keybindings are so distorted that Ctrl+F1 doesn't work, and I see nothing on the screen to click on using the mouse.

[Hex]

Ok i want to see your dosbox config file. it is in retropie/opt/retropie/configs/pc folder

[msoulier]

@Hex I am not finding that path. I have a .dosbox directory in the pi home directory with a dosbox-0.74.conf file in it.

[msoulier]

@msoulier https://www.dropbox.com/s/dhntctb57kru0ck/dosbox-0.74.conf?dl=0

[Hex]

@msoulier Find the line which has usescancodes=true and replace true with false

Then run dosbox and let me know if the problem persists

[msoulier]

@hex That fixed it. Thanks.

[edmaul69]

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