SDL failed to create window

SDL Development
1

Trying to setup SDL on a debian system I am getting this error:

INFO: SDL Failed to create window Couldn’t find matching GLX visual

running glxgears from the command line works, I have installed the nvidia
drivers

what could be wrong?

here’s the info output from glxgears

glxgears -info
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
GL_RENDERER = GeForce GT 750M/PCIe/SSE2
GL_VERSION = 4.4.0 NVIDIA 340.65
GL_VENDOR = NVIDIA Corporation
GL_EXTENSIONS = GL_AMD_multi_draw_indirect
GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture GL_ARB_arrays_of_arrays
GL_ARB_base_instance GL_ARB_bindless_texture GL_ARB_blend_func_extended
GL_ARB_buffer_storage GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object GL_ARB_clear_texture
GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_compatibility
GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage GL_ARB_conservative_depth
GL_ARB_compute_shader GL_ARB_compute_variable_group_size GL_ARB_copy_buffer
GL_ARB_copy_image GL_ARB_debug_output GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float
GL_ARB_depth_clamp GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_draw_buffers
GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend GL_ARB_draw_indirect
GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_ARB_draw_instanced
GL_ARB_enhanced_layouts GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility
GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location GL_ARB_explicit_uniform_location
GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions GL_ARB_fragment_layer_viewport
GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow
GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_framebuffer_no_attachments
GL_ARB_framebuffer_object GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GL_ARB_geometry_shader4
GL_ARB_get_program_binary GL_ARB_gpu_shader5 GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64
GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_half_float_vertex GL_ARB_imaging
GL_ARB_indirect_parameters GL_ARB_instanced_arrays
GL_ARB_internalformat_query GL_ARB_internalformat_query2
GL_ARB_invalidate_subdata GL_ARB_map_buffer_alignment
GL_ARB_map_buffer_range GL_ARB_multi_bind GL_ARB_multi_draw_indirect
GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_occlusion_query
GL_ARB_occlusion_query2 GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_point_parameters
GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_program_interface_query GL_ARB_provoking_vertex
GL_ARB_robust_buffer_access_behavior GL_ARB_robustness
GL_ARB_sample_shading GL_ARB_sampler_objects GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map
GL_ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects
GL_ARB_shader_atomic_counters GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding
GL_ARB_shader_draw_parameters GL_ARB_shader_group_vote
GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store GL_ARB_shader_image_size
GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shader_precision GL_ARB_query_buffer_object
GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object GL_ARB_shader_subroutine
GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod GL_ARB_shading_language_100
GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack GL_ARB_shading_language_include
GL_ARB_shading_language_packing GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_sparse_texture
GL_ARB_stencil_texturing GL_ARB_sync GL_ARB_tessellation_shader
GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object
GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32 GL_ARB_texture_buffer_range
GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc
GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array GL_ARB_texture_env_add
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_float GL_ARB_texture_gather
GL_ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat
GL_ARB_texture_multisample GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
GL_ARB_texture_query_levels GL_ARB_texture_query_lod
GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_texture_rg GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui
GL_ARB_texture_stencil8 GL_ARB_texture_storage
GL_ARB_texture_storage_multisample GL_ARB_texture_swizzle
GL_ARB_texture_view GL_ARB_timer_query GL_ARB_transform_feedback2
GL_ARB_transform_feedback3 GL_ARB_transform_feedback_instanced
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object
GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_binding
GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_shader
GL_ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev
GL_ARB_viewport_array GL_ARB_window_pos GL_ATI_draw_buffers
GL_ATI_texture_float GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once GL_S3_s3tc
GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_bindable_uniform
GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_Cg_shader GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test
GL_EXT_direct_state_access GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 GL_EXT_draw_instanced
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit
GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample GL_EXTX_framebuffer_mixed_formats
GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample_blit_scaled GL_EXT_framebuffer_object
GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GL_EXT_geometry_shader4
GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters GL_EXT_gpu_shader4 GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays
GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_packed_float GL_EXT_packed_pixels
GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_provoking_vertex
GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shader_image_load_store
GL_EXT_shader_integer_mix GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_two_side
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_array
GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1
GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_cube_map
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_combine
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
GL_EXT_texture_integer GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp GL_EXT_texture_object
GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode GL_EXT_texture_storage GL_EXT_texture_swizzle
GL_EXT_timer_query GL_EXT_transform_feedback2 GL_EXT_vertex_array
GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra GL_EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit GL_EXT_x11_sync_object
GL_EXT_import_sync_object GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KHR_debug GL_KTX_buffer_region
GL_NV_bindless_multi_draw_indirect GL_NV_bindless_multi_draw_indirect_count
GL_NV_bindless_texture GL_NV_blend_equation_advanced GL_NV_blend_square
GL_NV_compute_program5 GL_NV_conditional_render GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color
GL_NV_copy_image GL_NV_depth_buffer_float GL_NV_depth_clamp
GL_NV_draw_texture GL_NV_ES1_1_compatibility GL_NV_ES3_1_compatibility
GL_NV_explicit_multisample GL_NV_fence GL_NV_float_buffer
GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_fragment_program GL_NV_fragment_program_option
GL_NV_fragment_program2 GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage
GL_NV_geometry_shader4 GL_NV_gpu_program4 GL_NV_gpu_program4_1
GL_NV_gpu_program5 GL_NV_gpu_program5_mem_extended GL_NV_gpu_program_fp64
GL_NV_gpu_shader5 GL_NV_half_float GL_NV_light_max_exponent
GL_NV_multisample_coverage GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint
GL_NV_occlusion_query GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil
GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2
GL_NV_path_rendering GL_NV_pixel_data_range GL_NV_point_sprite
GL_NV_primitive_restart GL_NV_register_combiners GL_NV_register_combiners2
GL_NV_shader_atomic_counters GL_NV_shader_atomic_float
GL_NV_shader_buffer_load GL_NV_shader_storage_buffer_object
GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_barrier GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc
GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_expand_normal
GL_NV_texture_multisample GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_texture_shader
GL_NV_texture_shader2 GL_NV_texture_shader3 GL_NV_transform_feedback
GL_NV_transform_feedback2 GL_NV_vdpau_interop GL_NV_vertex_array_range
GL_NV_vertex_array_range2 GL_NV_vertex_attrib_integer_64bit
GL_NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory GL_NV_vertex_program
GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_NV_vertex_program2 GL_NV_vertex_program2_option
GL_NV_vertex_program3 GL_NVX_conditional_render GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info
GL_NVX_nvenc_interop GL_NV_shader_thread_group GL_NV_shader_thread_shuffle
GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_lod
GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SGIX_shadow GL_SUN_slice_accum
VisualID 39, 0x27

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bump on this issue?

Why would SDL fail to create the window with this error:
INFO: Couldn’t find matching GLX visual

anyone?On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Owen Alanzo Hogarth <@Owen_Alanzo_Hogarth> wrote:

Trying to setup SDL on a debian system I am getting this error:

INFO: SDL Failed to create window Couldn’t find matching GLX visual

running glxgears from the command line works, I have installed the nvidia
drivers

what could be wrong?

here’s the info output from glxgears

glxgears -info
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
GL_RENDERER = GeForce GT 750M/PCIe/SSE2
GL_VERSION = 4.4.0 NVIDIA 340.65
GL_VENDOR = NVIDIA Corporation
GL_EXTENSIONS = GL_AMD_multi_draw_indirect
GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture GL_ARB_arrays_of_arrays
GL_ARB_base_instance GL_ARB_bindless_texture GL_ARB_blend_func_extended
GL_ARB_buffer_storage GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object GL_ARB_clear_texture
GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_compatibility
GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage GL_ARB_conservative_depth
GL_ARB_compute_shader GL_ARB_compute_variable_group_size GL_ARB_copy_buffer
GL_ARB_copy_image GL_ARB_debug_output GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float
GL_ARB_depth_clamp GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_draw_buffers
GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend GL_ARB_draw_indirect
GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_ARB_draw_instanced
GL_ARB_enhanced_layouts GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility
GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location GL_ARB_explicit_uniform_location
GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions GL_ARB_fragment_layer_viewport
GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow
GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_framebuffer_no_attachments
GL_ARB_framebuffer_object GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GL_ARB_geometry_shader4
GL_ARB_get_program_binary GL_ARB_gpu_shader5 GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64
GL_ARB_half_float_pixel GL_ARB_half_float_vertex GL_ARB_imaging
GL_ARB_indirect_parameters GL_ARB_instanced_arrays
GL_ARB_internalformat_query GL_ARB_internalformat_query2
GL_ARB_invalidate_subdata GL_ARB_map_buffer_alignment
GL_ARB_map_buffer_range GL_ARB_multi_bind GL_ARB_multi_draw_indirect
GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_occlusion_query
GL_ARB_occlusion_query2 GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object GL_ARB_point_parameters
GL_ARB_point_sprite GL_ARB_program_interface_query GL_ARB_provoking_vertex
GL_ARB_robust_buffer_access_behavior GL_ARB_robustness
GL_ARB_sample_shading GL_ARB_sampler_objects GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map
GL_ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects
GL_ARB_shader_atomic_counters GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding
GL_ARB_shader_draw_parameters GL_ARB_shader_group_vote
GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store GL_ARB_shader_image_size
GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_shader_precision GL_ARB_query_buffer_object
GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object GL_ARB_shader_subroutine
GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod GL_ARB_shading_language_100
GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack GL_ARB_shading_language_include
GL_ARB_shading_language_packing GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_sparse_texture
GL_ARB_stencil_texturing GL_ARB_sync GL_ARB_tessellation_shader
GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object
GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32 GL_ARB_texture_buffer_range
GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc
GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array GL_ARB_texture_env_add
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_float GL_ARB_texture_gather
GL_ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat
GL_ARB_texture_multisample GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
GL_ARB_texture_query_levels GL_ARB_texture_query_lod
GL_ARB_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_texture_rg GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui
GL_ARB_texture_stencil8 GL_ARB_texture_storage
GL_ARB_texture_storage_multisample GL_ARB_texture_swizzle
GL_ARB_texture_view GL_ARB_timer_query GL_ARB_transform_feedback2
GL_ARB_transform_feedback3 GL_ARB_transform_feedback_instanced
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object
GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_binding
GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_vertex_shader
GL_ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev
GL_ARB_viewport_array GL_ARB_window_pos GL_ATI_draw_buffers
GL_ATI_texture_float GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once GL_S3_s3tc
GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_bindable_uniform
GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_Cg_shader GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test
GL_EXT_direct_state_access GL_EXT_draw_buffers2 GL_EXT_draw_instanced
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit
GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample GL_EXTX_framebuffer_mixed_formats
GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample_blit_scaled GL_EXT_framebuffer_object
GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GL_EXT_geometry_shader4
GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters GL_EXT_gpu_shader4 GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays
GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_packed_float GL_EXT_packed_pixels
GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_provoking_vertex
GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shader_image_load_store
GL_EXT_shader_integer_mix GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_two_side
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_array
GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1
GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_cube_map
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_combine
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
GL_EXT_texture_integer GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp GL_EXT_texture_object
GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode GL_EXT_texture_storage GL_EXT_texture_swizzle
GL_EXT_timer_query GL_EXT_transform_feedback2 GL_EXT_vertex_array
GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra GL_EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit GL_EXT_x11_sync_object
GL_EXT_import_sync_object GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KHR_debug GL_KTX_buffer_region
GL_NV_bindless_multi_draw_indirect GL_NV_bindless_multi_draw_indirect_count
GL_NV_bindless_texture GL_NV_blend_equation_advanced GL_NV_blend_square
GL_NV_compute_program5 GL_NV_conditional_render GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color
GL_NV_copy_image GL_NV_depth_buffer_float GL_NV_depth_clamp
GL_NV_draw_texture GL_NV_ES1_1_compatibility GL_NV_ES3_1_compatibility
GL_NV_explicit_multisample GL_NV_fence GL_NV_float_buffer
GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_fragment_program GL_NV_fragment_program_option
GL_NV_fragment_program2 GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage
GL_NV_geometry_shader4 GL_NV_gpu_program4 GL_NV_gpu_program4_1
GL_NV_gpu_program5 GL_NV_gpu_program5_mem_extended GL_NV_gpu_program_fp64
GL_NV_gpu_shader5 GL_NV_half_float GL_NV_light_max_exponent
GL_NV_multisample_coverage GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint
GL_NV_occlusion_query GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil
GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2
GL_NV_path_rendering GL_NV_pixel_data_range GL_NV_point_sprite
GL_NV_primitive_restart GL_NV_register_combiners GL_NV_register_combiners2
GL_NV_shader_atomic_counters GL_NV_shader_atomic_float
GL_NV_shader_buffer_load GL_NV_shader_storage_buffer_object
GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_barrier GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc
GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_expand_normal
GL_NV_texture_multisample GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_texture_shader
GL_NV_texture_shader2 GL_NV_texture_shader3 GL_NV_transform_feedback
GL_NV_transform_feedback2 GL_NV_vdpau_interop GL_NV_vertex_array_range
GL_NV_vertex_array_range2 GL_NV_vertex_attrib_integer_64bit
GL_NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory GL_NV_vertex_program
GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_NV_vertex_program2 GL_NV_vertex_program2_option
GL_NV_vertex_program3 GL_NVX_conditional_render GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info
GL_NVX_nvenc_interop GL_NV_shader_thread_group GL_NV_shader_thread_shuffle
GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_lod
GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SGIX_shadow GL_SUN_slice_accum
VisualID 39, 0x27

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What GL attributes (if any) do you set via SDL_GL_SetAttribute?> On Nov 10, 2015, at 2:58 AM, Owen Alanzo Hogarth wrote:

bump on this issue?

Why would SDL fail to create the window with this error:
INFO: Couldn’t find matching GLX visual

anyone?

SDL mailing list
SDL at lists.libsdl.org
http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org

4

if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING) != 0) {
SDL_Log(“sdl failed to core_engine_init, %s”, SDL_GetError());
SDL_Quit();
return -1;
}

SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MAJOR_VERSION, 3);
SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MINOR_VERSION, 2);
SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK,
                    SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_CORE);
SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_DOUBLEBUFFER, 1);
SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_DEPTH_SIZE, 24);

window = SDL_CreateWindow(
    "title", SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, 300, 300,
    SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL | SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN | SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);


if (NULL == window) {
    SDL_Log("SDL Failed to create window, %s", SDL_GetError());
    SDL_Quit();
    return -1;
}

main_context = SDL_GL_CreateContext(window);
if (NULL == main_context) {
    SDL_Log("SDL failed to create main context, %s", SDL_GetError());
    SDL_Quit();
    return -1;
}On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Alex Szpakowski <aszpakowski at gmail.com> wrote:

What GL attributes (if any) do you set via SDL_GL_SetAttribute?

On Nov 10, 2015, at 2:58 AM, Owen Alanzo Hogarth <@Owen_Alanzo_Hogarth> wrote:

bump on this issue?

Why would SDL fail to create the window with this error:
INFO: Couldn’t find matching GLX visual

anyone?

SDL mailing list
SDL at lists.libsdl.org
http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org

SDL mailing list
SDL at lists.libsdl.org
http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org

5

Its possible that hardware acceleration isn’t available, and thus a usable resolution isn’t available.

Also the resolution and/or bit depth isn’t available.