dosemu won't launch from icon

[Keith Hayward]

Binary package hint: dosemu

Dosemu enables old MSDOS software to be used from within Ubuntu. When I upgraded to Hardy Heron, Dosemu ceased to launch from the Applications Menu (System Tools), or from a desktop icon - just nothing happens when I click on the icon. I have to launch it from the command line which is tedious. Uninstalling and re-installing Dosemu (from All Available Applications) doesn't solve the problem. I got this problem both with an upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy, and a clean install of Hardy. It worked ok with Gutsy but not with Hardy. I have had this problem with some earlier versions of Ubuntu. In fact, I've only been able to install Dosemu once (in Gutsy), where I got a menu and desktop icon that would launch the program.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 4 16:46:34 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: openoffice.org-writer2latex 0.5-6
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: writer2latex
Title: package openoffice.org-writer2latex 0.5-6 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic x86_64