Subj : Re: SDL Video Initialization Failed
To   : alt.bbs.synchronet
From : disloops
Date : Fri Aug 06 2021 11:51:03

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

On Friday, August 6, 2021 at 1:43:53 PM UTC-4, Digital Man wrote:
> To: disloops 
> 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 
> > > * Vertrauen - Riverside County, California - telnet://vert.synchro.net 
> > 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/ 
> -- 
> digital man 
> 
> Sling Blade quote #9: 
> Doyle Hargraves: Morris here is a modern-day poet, kinda like in olden times. 
> Norco, CA WX: 79.5øF, 60.0% humidity, 1 mph WNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
> --- Synchronet 3.19a-Win32 NewsLink 1.113 
> * Vertrauen - Riverside County, California - telnet://vert.synchro.net
Okay thanks, I have created it here:
https://sourceforge.net/p/syncterm/tickets/69/
....we shall see!
@disloops
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