Ok, its not working, apparently, its not going to work. I’m just gonna give
up. I compile everytime with
g++ -o Testing SDLProg.cpp sdl-config --libs --cflags
and I get the same errors. SDL config isn’t working or something, and yes,
those are backticks. my program is simple.
#include <iostream.h> #include <SDL.h>
void main()
{
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
SDL_Quit();
return;
}
so, you have any other librarys like SDL you would recommend?
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Well, from what you’ve posted so far, I think it isn’t SDL that you are having
trouble with, but X11. Did you try adding -L/usr/X11R6/lib to the command?
What is the contents of /usr/X11R6/lib?
-brad
Quoting “Leo .” :> Ok, its not working, apparently, its not going to work. I’m just gonna give
up. I compile everytime with
g++ -o Testing SDLProg.cpp sdl-config --libs --cflags
and I get the same errors. SDL config isn’t working or something, and yes,
those are backticks. my program is simple.
#include <iostream.h> #include <SDL.h>
void main()
{
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
SDL_Quit();
return;
}
so, you have any other librarys like SDL you would recommend?
Ok, its not working, apparently, its not going to work.
I’m just gonna give up.
Don’t you think you’re being a bit fatalist, perhaps?
Hundreds of people are writing (tens of) thousands of lines of code and using
SDL very happily every day.
It is most probably not SDL’s fault that you’re having trouble.
The fifth time I fell off my bicycle when I was learning how to ride it, I
certainly did not say “Ok, it’s not working, apparently, it’s not going to work.
I’m just gonna give up.” I paid attention to what my peers and parents were
telling me – look out in front of you (not down on the ground) – keep
peddling; don’t stop – and don’t jerk the handlebar!
Although, if you must give up on SDL then you must. We’ll be sorry you leave and
don’t come to know SDL as well as Bill or Ryan or any of the other “old-timers”.
I don’t have any suggestions for what your problem could be (I’m not a C++
coder). Neither do I have any suggestions for possible SDL replacements for you.
For that (and for this OT post) I’m sorry.
I do hope you’re able to figure things out – SDL is really quite nifty.
-daniel–
There are 10 types of people in this world…
Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
echo “#include <X11/Xatom.h>
int main() {
}” >foobar.c
g++ foobar.cOn Friday 12 December 2003 00:41, Leo . wrote:
Ok, its not working, apparently, its not going to work. I’m just
gonna give up. I compile everytime with
g++ -o Testing SDLProg.cpp sdl-config --libs --cflags
and I get the same errors. SDL config isn’t working or something,
and yes, those are backticks. my program is simple.
Are you sure you only have one version of SDL installed? I had a
similar problem when I installed SDL, because I didn’t know I already
had it (duh me). So for me, sdl-config was running and configuring the
program to run for one version of SDL, but when I actually ran the
program it linked up to another version of SDL. This resulted in wonky
stuff, included random crashes on simple programs. If you’re interested
in giving it one more shot, I would try to uninstall SDL (all versions
you can find), and reinstall it, then try to recompile/execute your
program. Hope this helps!
-MikeOn Thu, 2003-12-11 at 17:41, Leo . wrote:
Ok, its not working, apparently, its not going to work. I’m just gonna give
up. I compile everytime with
g++ -o Testing SDLProg.cpp sdl-config --libs --cflags
and I get the same errors. SDL config isn’t working or something, and yes,
those are backticks. my program is simple.
Are you sure you only have one version of SDL installed? I had a
similar problem when I installed SDL, because I didn’t know I already
had it (duh me). So for me, sdl-config was running and configuring the
program to run for one version of SDL, but when I actually ran the
program it linked up to another version of SDL. This resulted in wonky
stuff, included random crashes on simple programs. If you’re interested
in giving it one more shot, I would try to uninstall SDL (all versions
you can find), and reinstall it, then try to recompile/execute your
program. Hope this helps!
Better yet, download the source and compile it from scratch.
BTW, Allegro is one alternative. Not as spiffy as SDL, though.
What are the ‘same errors’? Can you post the output of g++ please.
Thanks,
Jason.> ----- Original Message -----
From: sdl-admin@libsdl.org [mailto:sdl-admin at libsdl.org]On Behalf Of
Mike Shal
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 3:35 PM
To: sdl at libsdl.org
Subject: Re: [SDL] Re: Giving up SDL
On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 17:41, Leo . wrote:
Ok, its not working, apparently, its not going to work. I’m just gonna
give
up. I compile everytime with
g++ -o Testing SDLProg.cpp sdl-config --libs --cflags
and I get the same errors. SDL config isn’t working or something, and
yes,
those are backticks. my program is simple.
Are you sure you only have one version of SDL installed? I had a
similar problem when I installed SDL, because I didn’t know I already
had it (duh me). So for me, sdl-config was running and configuring the
program to run for one version of SDL, but when I actually ran the
program it linked up to another version of SDL. This resulted in wonky
stuff, included random crashes on simple programs. If you’re interested
in giving it one more shot, I would try to uninstall SDL (all versions
you can find), and reinstall it, then try to recompile/execute your
program. Hope this helps!
Better yet, download the source and compile it from scratch.
That was actually part of my problem - RedHat already had SDL
installed from an rpm, and then I installed it myself from source.
That’s how it ended up in two different versions in different places.
Just something to watch out for!
Ok, its not working, apparently, its not going to work. I’m just gonna
give up. I compile everytime with
g++ -o Testing SDLProg.cpp sdl-config --libs --cflags
and I get the same errors. SDL config isn’t working or something, and
yes, those are backticks. my program is simple.
You will get X11 library link failures if you use the .a without
also specifying the appropriate X11 library(s), probably libXt
with something like -lXt on the command line.
so, you have any other librarys like SDL you would recommend?
You might try plib. But, if you can’t get this right, why do you
think you can get something else working?
Don’t let the frustration get to you. It takes time to learn
what you are doing.> ///////////
Ok, its not working, apparently, its not going to work. I’m just gonna
give up. I compile everytime with
g++ -o Testing SDLProg.cpp sdl-config --libs --cflags
and I get the same errors. SDL config isn’t working or something, and
yes, those are backticks. my program is simple.
You may fail with other non-X11 library link errors, if you have
built libSDL.a against ALSA for instance.
You really want to have a complete installation of SDL, with its shared
objects.
If you have an RPM-based system, then learn how to find the packages
with something like ‘rpm -qa’ and remove any packages that you are
re-installing from source.
Learn how to hunt down the libraries that you need to link with; this
hunting is learned with experience: use nm to examine library files.> so, you have any other librarys like SDL you would recommend?
'sides, I’m not nearly as 'leet as Ryan. C’mon, he’s like the audio guru
around here
Thx tho
-bill!On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 05:05:53PM -0600, Daniel Hedrick wrote:
Although, if you must give up on SDL then you must. We’ll be sorry you leave and
don’t come to know SDL as well as Bill or Ryan or any of the other “old-timers”.
There is a couple of things in your code that cause some problems in some
places… Nothing related to SDL , related with C … If u are working in linux
start to code as god demmand … unless that you redefine the main prototype
use int main(… and return 0 at the end. Linux is a respectable posix SO …
that junk of void main( … compile in Win without problems but not here…
and leave the main arguments there when you work with SDL … even if u dont
use it in ur program…
Please try that before giving up…> Ok, its not working, apparently, its not going to work. I’m just gonna
give up. I compile everytime with
g++ -o Testing SDLProg.cpp sdl-config --libs --cflags
and I get the same errors. SDL config isn’t working or something, and
yes, those are backticks. my program is simple.
#include #include
void main()
{
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
SDL_Quit();
return;
}
so, you have any other librarys like SDL you would recommend?
