Help please! How do I start DOSBox-X (or Staging) with a specific conf file in Steam on Linux/SteamOS?

• boxtron

  27 393 3.6 Python

  Steam Play compatibility tool to run DOS games using native Linux DOSBox

Yeah, that's the annoyance of using flatpak unfortunately :( The version of Boxtron from flatpak store is designed to work with Steam installed via flatpak - which is not the case on SteamOS. I created a bug report for myself to fix it: https://github.com/dreamer/boxtron/issues/53 - you can follow the progress there.

• dosbox-staging

  105 1,169 9.9 C++

  DOSBox Staging is a modern continuation of DOSBox with advanced features and current development practices.

  

OK; it seems like flatpak package is still annoying and hides the default configuration file in ~/.var/app/io.github.dosbox-staging/config/dosbox/dosbox-staging.conf - you can look up that file for examples and a bit of documentation for options (you can also check our wiki), but let's set up Steam to run DOSBox Staging with your own .conf file.

• WorkOS

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