SDL hangs on SDL_Init

SDL Development
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Hi there,
Hey, my first time writing to a newsgroup… anyway, I’m having a
problem: I’m writing a game with SDL, and it appears to freeze on the
call to SDL_Init. I’m running Linux, RedHat 6.0… none of the SDL
test programs get past SDL_Init either. Everything seems to be linking
correctly, and when I trace through, it’s freezing on a call to some X
function ( XF86VidModeGetModeLine). I’m at a loss.

David
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I seem to be having the same problem in windows98. Sam, care to comment,
perhaps some more ignorance on my part?

“David R. Hayes” wrote:>

Hi there,
Hey, my first time writing to a newsgroup… anyway, I’m having a
problem: I’m writing a game with SDL, and it appears to freeze on the
call to SDL_Init. I’m running Linux, RedHat 6.0… none of the SDL
test programs get past SDL_Init either. Everything seems to be linking
correctly, and when I trace through, it’s freezing on a call to some X
function ( XF86VidModeGetModeLine). I’m at a loss.

David
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Forgot to mention what version i am using. 1.1.2

“David R. Hayes” wrote:>

Hi there,
Hey, my first time writing to a newsgroup… anyway, I’m having a
problem: I’m writing a game with SDL, and it appears to freeze on the
call to SDL_Init. I’m running Linux, RedHat 6.0… none of the SDL
test programs get past SDL_Init either. Everything seems to be linking
correctly, and when I trace through, it’s freezing on a call to some X
function ( XF86VidModeGetModeLine). I’m at a loss.

David
4

I seem to be having the same problem in windows98. Sam, care to comment,
perhaps some more ignorance on my part?

I can’t think of anything offhand. All the test programs hang as well?

Do you have access to a debugger to find out where it’s hanging?

“David R. Hayes” wrote:

Hi there,
Hey, my first time writing to a newsgroup… anyway, I’m having a
problem: I’m writing a game with SDL, and it appears to freeze on the
call to SDL_Init. I’m running Linux, RedHat 6.0… none of the SDL
test programs get past SDL_Init either. Everything seems to be linking
correctly, and when I trace through, it’s freezing on a call to some X
function ( XF86VidModeGetModeLine). I’m at a loss.

That’s a problem…
Try reconfiguring the source with --disable-video-x11-vm
It’s amazing how many servers freeze with that protocol.

-Sam Lantinga, Lead Programmer, Loki Entertainment Software
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I seemed to have fixed it, but then i commented out some code that
should not have made a difference, and then it started performing
illegal operations.

“David R. Hayes” wrote:>

Hi there,
Hey, my first time writing to a newsgroup… anyway, I’m having a
problem: I’m writing a game with SDL, and it appears to freeze on the
call to SDL_Init. I’m running Linux, RedHat 6.0… none of the SDL
test programs get past SDL_Init either. Everything seems to be linking
correctly, and when I trace through, it’s freezing on a call to some X
function ( XF86VidModeGetModeLine). I’m at a loss.

David
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Sam Lantinga wrote:

I seem to be having the same problem in windows98. Sam, care to comment,
perhaps some more ignorance on my part?

I can’t think of anything offhand. All the test programs hang as well?

Do you have access to a debugger to find out where it’s hanging?

“David R. Hayes” wrote:

Hi there,
Hey, my first time writing to a newsgroup… anyway, I’m having a
problem: I’m writing a game with SDL, and it appears to freeze on the
call to SDL_Init. I’m running Linux, RedHat 6.0… none of the SDL
test programs get past SDL_Init either. Everything seems to be linking
correctly, and when I trace through, it’s freezing on a call to some X
function ( XF86VidModeGetModeLine). I’m at a loss.

That’s a problem…
Try reconfiguring the source with --disable-video-x11-vm
It’s amazing how many servers freeze with that protocol.

    -Sam Lantinga, Lead Programmer, Loki Entertainment Software

Hey Sam,
I tried it and it was no go… / = Still freezing in the same place.
Argh. I’m the one that’s running X ver. 3.3.5… would upgrading X be an
answer? I tried running at different resolutions (I’m at 1280 x 1024 at 32
bpp) and it still hanged on the SDL_Init call.

Thanks,
    David
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“David R. Hayes” wrote:

Hey Sam,
I tried it and it was no go… / = Still freezing in the same place.
Argh. I’m the one that’s running X ver. 3.3.5… would upgrading X be an
answer? I tried running at different resolutions (I’m at 1280 x 1024 at 32
bpp) and it still hanged on the SDL_Init call.

Sam once mentioned that using the vidmode extension remote with 3.3.5
would hang the system. Upgrading to 3.3.6 is definitely worth a try
(using vidmode remote works on both G400 and TNT for me).–
Daniel Vogel My opinions may have changed,
666 @ http://grafzahl.de but not the fact that I am right

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It’s me again… I tried getting the CVS source, and it still hangs… none
of the demos work. I’m not running remotely, or anything… ARGH.
David

Andy Howe wrote:> I seemed to have fixed it, but then i commented out some code that

should not have made a difference, and then it started performing
illegal operations.

“David R. Hayes” wrote:

Hi there,
Hey, my first time writing to a newsgroup… anyway, I’m having a
problem: I’m writing a game with SDL, and it appears to freeze on the
call to SDL_Init. I’m running Linux, RedHat 6.0… none of the SDL
test programs get past SDL_Init either. Everything seems to be linking
correctly, and when I trace through, it’s freezing on a call to some X
function ( XF86VidModeGetModeLine). I’m at a loss.

David