Subj : Re: SDL Video Initialization Failed
To   : disloops
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Aug 06 2021 10:43:55

  Re: Re: SDL Video Initialization Failed
  By: disloops to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Aug 05 2021 10:51 pm

 > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
 >
 > On Friday, August 6, 2021 at 1:17:59 AM UTC-4, Digital Man wrote:
 > > To: disloops
 > > Re: SDL Video Initialization Failed
 > > By: disloops to alt.bbs.synchronet on Thu Aug 05 2021 08:19 pm
 >
 > > > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
 >
 > > > Hello all,
 >
 > > > After installing SyncTerm on an AWS EC2 instance running Amazon Linux 2,
 > > > which is based on RHEL, I get this message:
 >
 > > > SDL Video Initialization Failed
 >
 > > > The installation succeeded and I believe I have the correct
 > > > dependencies:
 >
 > > > $ sudo yum install gcc
 > > > $ sudo yum install patch
 > > > $ sudo yum install ncurses-devel
 > > > $ sudo yum install SDL2-devel
 >
 > > > Do I also need to install a video card driver or something? I do not
 > > > know a ton about this but I get the feeling that my EC2 instance -
 > > > Amazon's version
 > > > of a ephemeral virtual machine - lacks some component or driver
 > > > associated with SDL2..?
 > > Try setting the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment variable to the value of dummy
 > > (e.g. EXPORT SDL_VIDEODRIVER=dummy).
 > > --
 > > digital man
 >
 > > Breaking Bad quote #21:
 > > You? No. The only shooting you do is into a Kleenex. - Hank
 > > Norco, CA WX: 72.6¨F, 66.0% humidity, 0 mph SE wind, 0.00 inches
 > > rain/24hrs --- Synchronet 3.19a-Win32 NewsLink 1.113
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 > I am seeing the same error message. Here is the scenario:
 > $ export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=dummy
 > $ printenv SDL_VIDEODRIVER
 > dummy
 > $ syncterm
 > [...program starts and I exit with ESC...]
 > SDL Video Initialization Failed
 > $ printenv SDL_VIDEODRIVER
 > dummy
 > So syncterm starts normally but when I return to the console after exiting,
 > I see the error message. This EC2 instance has no "/dev/dri" directory, does
 > that have something to do with the problem?

I don't know what the "/dev/dri" directory would be used for.

If the error is only displayed when exiting, I suppose it can be ignored, but I think the author would appreciate a report of error (and how to reproduce it) at https://sourceforge.net/p/syncterm/tickets/
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