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  • Timed event with an error message

    From RickV@VERT to All on Thu Sep 11 08:55:54 2025
    Hello everybody!

    I'm running this timed event and now getting this error. That file isn't anywhere. The event is jsexec postmsg.js -i%zfilename etc... It's worked under Windows and a Linux VM. Why does SBBS now need dosemnu.bin?

    Now running on LinuxMint/64 Synchronet v3.21a .

    Thu Sep 11 01:30:00 2025 master/8a076b781
    evnt BBSADS6 DOSEMU not found: /usr/bin/dosemu.bin

    Thanks,
    RickV


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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to RickV on Thu Sep 11 09:22:33 2025
    Re: Timed event with an error message
    By: RickV to All on Thu Sep 11 2025 08:55 am

    I'm running this timed event and now getting this error. That file isn't anywhere. The event is jsexec postmsg.js -i%zfilename etc... It's worked under Windows and a Linux VM. Why does SBBS now need dosemnu.bin?

    Now running on LinuxMint/64 Synchronet v3.21a .

    Thu Sep 11 01:30:00 2025 master/8a076b781 evnt BBSADS6 DOSEMU not found: /usr/bin/dosemu.bin

    dosemu shouldn't be involved at all when running a .js under Synchronet. Maybe one of your settings for the event isn't right?

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to RickV on Thu Sep 11 16:15:28 2025
    Re: Timed event with an error message
    By: RickV to All on Thu Sep 11 2025 08:55 am

    Hello everybody!

    I'm running this timed event and now getting this error. That file isn't anywhere. The event is jsexec postmsg.js -i%zfilename etc... It's worked under Windows and a Linux VM. Why does SBBS now need dosemnu.bin?

    Now running on LinuxMint/64 Synchronet v3.21a .

    Thu Sep 11 01:30:00 2025 master/8a076b781
    evnt BBSADS6 DOSEMU not found: /usr/bin/dosemu.bin

    1. You don't need to use jsexec to run postmsg.js
    2. jsexec is a native program, so configure it as such in SCFG and sbbs won't try to use DOSEMU to run it (but you shouldn't need to use jsexec in this context in the first place).
    3. Your DOSEMU configuration is not right, if you care (i.e. need/want to run 16-bit DOS programs on your BBS)
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