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    [Solved] DOSbox not loading conf file

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      Nodfyr
      last edited by Nodfyr

      I'm having problems getting dosbox to run a custom conf file on the retropie. I run the file from emulationstation but dosbox just quits. I read somewhere on this forum that it was a permissions problem, but I played around with permissions with no success. Does anyone know what might be wrong?

      I also tried to run dosbox from the command line with the -conf flag, but dosbox seems to ignore my configuration file completely. I tried the same on my mac and it works fine.

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        quicksilver @Nodfyr
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        @Nodfyr please supply info requested here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

        Also post the contents of your .conf file, specifically the part under [autoexec]

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          Nodfyr
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          Through trial and error, I figured out how to solve the problem.

          Assuming it was a permissions problem, I first reset all the permissions to the ones all files had at the beginning. As expected, my conf file did not run.

          I then copied the default dosbox configuration file from ~/.dosbox/dosbox-SVN.conf and edited that with my custom setup.

          Now everything works fine, though I never did figure out which permissions were broken.

          Thanks anyway!

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