SDL_Init

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Gents,
Can I expect SDL_Init() to return an error code if I try to execute this on a machine which has NO audio devices attached?
I ran my stuff on a linux box that has no /dev/sdp device and SDL_Init(SDL_AUDIO) seemed to return a good status (0); the program failed later when it tried to open the audio device but I would have thought the initialise should have caulked first…?
-Chris

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Chris Dobbs wrote:

Gents,
Can I expect SDL_Init() to return an error code if I try to execute this
on a machine which has NO audio devices attached?
I ran my stuff on a linux box that has no /dev/sdp device and
SDL_Init(SDL_AUDIO) seemed to return a good status (0); the program
failed later when it tried to open the audio device but I would have
thought the initialise should have caulked first…?

Is it possible that SDL found an arts or esound daemon that accepts
connections but can’t actually play sound?

–ryan.

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Bingo ! - that’s what it is , removed them and SDL_Init() fails as
expected.
I tried it also on a win32 box with no sound card and SDL_Init() failed .
I’m Happy now.
Many thanks for reply
-Chris> ----- Original Message -----

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Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [SDL] SDL_Init

Chris Dobbs wrote:

Gents,
Can I expect SDL_Init() to return an error code if I try to execute this
on a machine which has NO audio devices attached?
I ran my stuff on a linux box that has no /dev/sdp device and
SDL_Init(SDL_AUDIO) seemed to return a good status (0); the program
failed later when it tried to open the audio device but I would have
thought the initialise should have caulked first…?

Is it possible that SDL found an arts or esound daemon that accepts
connections but can’t actually play sound?

–ryan.

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