Downloaded and compiled SDL, seemingly successfully, but I’m getting
the error message which is the subject of a FAQ, which is no help. I’m
quite the novice with X and SDL, and I’m stumped. Any advice?
I’m not logged in as or running X as root.
Thanks in advance.
./testvidinfo
Couldn’t initialize SDL: No available video device
printenv DISPLAY
:0
xhost
access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect
INET:localhost
cd /usr/src/SDL-1.2.2
which sdl-config
/usr/local/bin/sdl-config
sdl-config --version
1.2.2
locate libSDL
/usr/local/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0
/usr/local/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0.0.2
/usr/local/lib/libSDL.a
/usr/local/lib/libSDL.la
/usr/local/lib/libSDL.so
/usr/local/lib/libSDLmain.a
/usr/local/lib/libSDL_image-1.2.so.0
/usr/local/lib/libSDL_image-1.2.so.0.0.0
/usr/local/lib/libSDL_image.a
/usr/local/lib/libSDL_image.la
/usr/local/lib/libSDL_image.so
/usr/src/SDL-1.2.2/src/.libs/libSDL-1.2.so.0
/usr/src/SDL-1.2.2/src/.libs/libSDL-1.2.so.0.0.2
/usr/src/SDL-1.2.2/src/.libs/libSDL.a
/usr/src/SDL-1.2.2/src/.libs/libSDL.la
/usr/src/SDL-1.2.2/src/.libs/libSDL.lai
/usr/src/SDL-1.2.2/src/.libs/libSDL.so
/usr/src/SDL-1.2.2/src/libSDL.la
/usr/src/SDL-1.2.2/src/main/libSDLmain.a
/usr/src/SDL_image-1.2.0/.libs/libSDL_image-1.2.so.0
/usr/src/SDL_image-1.2.0/.libs/libSDL_image-1.2.so.0.0.0
/usr/src/SDL_image-1.2.0/.libs/libSDL_image.a
/usr/src/SDL_image-1.2.0/.libs/libSDL_image.la
/usr/src/SDL_image-1.2.0/.libs/libSDL_image.lai
/usr/src/SDL_image-1.2.0/.libs/libSDL_image.so
/usr/src/SDL_image-1.2.0/libSDL_image.la
tail config.log
#include “confdefs.h”
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/sem.h>
int main() {
union semun t;
; return 0; }
dmesg | head -1
Linux version 2.2.19 (tod at hitchcock) (gcc version 2.95.2 20000220 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #2 Mon Oct 8 11:54:14 EDT 2001
ls -d /usr/src/NVIDIA_*
/usr/src/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1541/ /usr/src/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1541/
xdpyinfo
name of display: :0.0
version number: 11.0
vendor string: The XFree86 Project, Inc
vendor release number: 40100001
XFree86 version: 4.1.0.1
maximum request size: 4194300 bytes
motion buffer size: 256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding: 32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order: LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats: 7
supported pixmap formats:
depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range: minimum 8, maximum 255
focus: window 0xe00002, revert to Parent
number of extensions: 29
BIG-REQUESTS
DOUBLE-BUFFER
DPMS
Extended-Visual-Information
FontCache
GLX
LBX
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
MIT-SHM
MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
NV-GLX
NVIDIA-GLX
RECORD
RENDER
SECURITY
SHAPE
SYNC
TOG-CUP
XC-APPGROUP
XC-MISC
XFree86-Bigfont
XFree86-DGA
XFree86-Misc
XFree86-VidModeExtension
XIE
XInputExtension
XKEYBOARD
XTEST
XVideo
default screen number: 0
number of screens: 1
screen #0:
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (260x195 millimeters)
resolution: 100x100 dots per inch
depths (7): 24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
root window id: 0x5e
depth of root window: 24 planes
number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1
default colormap: 0x20
default number of colormap cells: 256
preallocated pixels: black 0, white 16777215
options: backing-store NO, save-unders NO
largest cursor: 32x32
current input event mask: 0x58003d
KeyPressMask ButtonPressMask ButtonReleaseMask
EnterWindowMask LeaveWindowMask SubstructureNotifyMask
SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask
number of visuals: 18
default visual id: 0x21
visual:
visual id: 0x21
class: TrueColor
depth: 24 planes
available colormap entries: 256 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
[remaining visuals omitted]–
Tod Hagan
Campton, NH
@Tod_Hagan