FAQ

I don't see the game selection menu, just a command prompt. What gives?

Make sure your monitor/TV is turned on and connected to your SBC before you apply power. The system will go into headless mode if no display is attached at boot.

I'm not getting any sound out of my HDMI monitor. What's wrong?

HDMI audio output is not currently supported for these devices in the mainline Linux kernel, so it's not supported by Shedbuilt. Please use either the built-in stereo mini-jack or USB audio device for now.

How can I cleanly shut down?

The proper way to shut down the device is to exit the game launcher using the menu or Alt-f-x, then exit DOSBox by entering the command exit. Issue the following command at the Bash command prompt to halt your device:

sudo shutdown -h now

The password for the default dosbox user is 'dosbox'.

How can I adjust the volume?

Exit the game launcher using the menu or Alt-f-x, then exit DOSBox by entering the command 'exit' and, from the Bash command prompt, enter alsamixer to adjust volume levels.

How can I play Doom using the pre-installed Crispy Doom source port?

Exit the game launcher using the menu or Alt-f-x, then exit DOSBox by entering the command 'exit' and, from the Bash command prompt, type crispy-doom to jump right into the shareware episode or crispy-doom-setup to configure a single-player or multi-player game.

How can I prevent DOSBox from starting automatically?

A single line in the 'dosbox' user's .bash_profile configuration is used to start DOSBox on login. You can change this using vim or other installed editor:

vim ~/.bash_profile

Just find the line that begins with 'dosbox' and prepend the '#' character to it to comment it out.

How can I change the video resolution to better suit my display?

Exit to the Bash command prompt as described above then, as the root user, edit the /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf file's arguments to the Linux kernel:

sudo vim /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf

Find for the video=HDMI-A-1:640x480@60 argument in the append section and replace 640x480 with the standard resolution of your choice.

How can I prevent the 'dosbox' user from being automatically logged in?

Autologin is configured using a simple systemd override configuration. Simply delete or move aside the override file from the Bash command prompt:

sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d/override.conf

How do I edit the DOSBox configuration?

Exit to the Bash command prompt as described above and use vim or other installed editor to edit the config file like so:

vim ~/.dosbox/dosbox-SVN.conf

Where can I learn more about DOSBox?

Lots of useful information, such as how to adjust emulation speed while in-game, can be found in the DOSBox wiki.

Where can I learn more about the underlying Shedbuilt OS?

You've come to the right place! You can read more about Shedbuilt, its motivations and capabilities beginning in Chapter 1 of this site.

How do I install software updates to the underlying Shedbuilt OS?

You should refer to the Shedbuilt OS documentation site for complete instructions for upgrading and installing new packages, but generally speaking you just need to run the following from the Bash command prompt:

sudo shedmake update-all
sudo shedmake upgrade-all

This will refresh Shedbuilt's locally cached repositories and install any available updates.

How do I access the root user?

You can 'su root' or use SSH to log in as root, which has the default password 'shedbuilt'.

How can I contact the developers of Shedbuilt Shareware Palooza?

We don't have the resources to offer much in the way of support but we're always open to partnership opportunities, volunteer offers and media inquiries. Send an e-mail to 'contact' at our base domain and we'll get back to you as quickly as possible