#1108025 bochs: Wrong naming of link /usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest, bochs expect VGABIOS-lgpl-latest.bin

Package:
bochs
Source:
bochs
Description:
IA-32 PC emulator
Submitter:
Grégory Mounié
Date:
2025-06-27 18:49:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1108025#5
Date:
2025-06-19 08:39:48 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

When starting bochs, selecting running the simulation,

bochs fail to find /usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest.bin

The directory /usr/share/bochs contains a link to ../vgabios/bgabios.bin named
VGABIOS-lgpl-latest (without the .bin prefix)

Adding a link named VGABIOS-lgpl-latest.bin to the same file allows to start
the boot, thus the link seems misnamed.

Thanks for your works.

#1108025#10
Date:
2025-06-27 18:46:24 UTC
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In my experience I had the symlink broken too. A google search revealed
vgabios package was not installed. Installing it fixed the problem, no
renaming was necessary.
I'm surprised that vgabios wasn't installed since `apt depends bochs` shows
it as a dependency.