# SDL 1.3 issues

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-1-3-issues/13915>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [October 4, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-1-3-issues/13915 "2006-10-04T23:00:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Antonio\_Musumeci](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@Antonio\_Musumeci](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Antonio_Musumeci)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-1-3-issues/13915/1 "2006-10-04T23:00:50Z")

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Linux 2.6.17.13, GCC 4.1.1, GLIBC 2.4, Xorg 7.1, nvidia beta 9625 drivers.

If i give any SDL 1.3 svn head app focus… the entire screen just turns  
black. Once it loses focus everything comes back. Things do appear in  
the SDL window. Haven’t downgraded the nvidia drivers yet to test that.

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**Author:** ![Christophe\_Cavalaria](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Christophe\_Cavalaria](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Christophe_Cavalaria)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-1-3-issues/13915/2 "2006-10-05T17:51:52Z")

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Antonio SJ Musumeci wrote:

> Linux 2.6.17.13, GCC 4.1.1, GLIBC 2.4, Xorg 7.1, nvidia beta 9625 drivers.
> 
> If i give any SDL 1.3 svn head app focus… the entire screen just turns  
> black. Once it loses focus everything comes back. Things do appear in  
> the SDL window. Haven’t downgraded the nvidia drivers yet to test that.

I have the same with the latest stable NVidia drivers. Very broken.

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**Author:** ![Christophe\_Cavalaria](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Christophe\_Cavalaria](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Christophe_Cavalaria)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-1-3-issues/13915/3 "2006-10-05T21:58:57Z")

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Christophe Cavalaria wrote:

> Antonio SJ Musumeci wrote:
> 
> > Linux 2.6.17.13, GCC 4.1.1, GLIBC 2.4, Xorg 7.1, nvidia beta 9625  
> > drivers.
> > 
> > If i give any SDL 1.3 svn head app focus… the entire screen just turns  
> > black. Once it loses focus everything comes back. Things do appear in  
> > the SDL window. Haven’t downgraded the nvidia drivers yet to test that.
> 
> I have the same with the latest stable NVidia drivers. Very broken.

I hope it didn’t sound too harsh or even negative. I know perfectly well  
that it is far from finished and that one shouldn’t expect SDL-1.3 to work  
perfectly out of the box everywhere 🙂

Anyway, some more info :

This was using gcc 4.0.1 in 32bit mode on a 64bit distro. Kernel 2.6.12  
compiled with SMP on ( and a dual core CPU to go with it of course ), Xorg  
6.9 and NVIDIA 8756.

Despite all that, multi window works perfectly as long as no SDL window has  
the focus.

Weird thing : even with the SDL app frozen ( CTRL+Z on the shell that  
launched the app ), I still get a full black screen when any SDL window  
gets the focus, or in fullscreen.

Also, keyboard doesn’t work. For example, in testalpha, mouse events work,  
but I can quit using the keyboard.

And last, here is the result of testvidinfo if it can help.

$ ./testvidinfo  
Built-in video drivers: x11, dummy  
Video driver: x11  
Number of displays: 1  
Display 0:  
Current mode: 1280x1024 at 0Hz, 32 bits-per-pixel  
Red Mask = 0x00ff0000  
Green Mask = 0x0000ff00  
Blue Mask = 0x000000ff  
No available fullscreen video modes