annotate README.PicoGUI @ 4106:12bb6311fd5d SDL-1.2

Hans de Goede fixed bug #495 When running boswars: http://www.boswars.org/ on a machine with intel integrathed graphics it crashes when it tries to play the initial theora splashscreen video: X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 140 (XVideo) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 () Serial number of failed request: 25 Current serial number in output stream: 26 boswars: xcb_xlib.c:41: xcb_xlib_lock: Assertion `!c->xlib.lock' failed. Aborted I recognized this problem from a few years back, when I encountered it while working on the Xv blitter for xmame. The problem is that for some reason creation the Xvport and XvImage succeeds, and failure (lack of resources / hw capability?) is only indicated during the first XvPut[Shm]Image. I've written a patch for SDL using the work around for this I developed for xmame (and which is still used successfully in xmame after many years of usage). I'll admit it isn't very pretty, but after investigating several possibilities this was the best option, any other fixes would need changes to the SDL api and abi.
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
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2 Using SDL with PicoGUI
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5 - Originally contributed by Micah Dowty <micahjd@users.sourceforge.net>
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7 PicoGUI is a scalable GUI system with a unique architecture, primarily focused
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8 on scalability to various embedded systems. You can find more information
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9 including a FAQ at http://picogui.org
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11 To use the patch:
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13 1. When compiling, add the "--enable-video-picogui" switch to ./configure
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15 2. When running your program, ensure that the picogui driver for SDL
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16 is in use by setting the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment variable
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17 to "picogui".
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19 3. The program must also be linked to the C client library for PicoGUI
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20 (libpgui.so). If the program is being compiled with a patched SDL
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21 installed this should be done automatically. If you want to use an
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22 existing binary with PicoGUI, you can set the LD_PRELOAD environment
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23 variable to the path of your libpgui.so file.
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25 Capabilities:
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27 So far only basic functionality is provided on true color (linear16/24/32)
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28 devices. Accessing a memory mapped bitmap, updating the display, and handling
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29 mouse/keyboard input. This functionality has been tested with several
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30 applications, including mplayer, Xine, sldroids, and Abuse.
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32 TODO list:
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34 - YUV overlays will be helpful for watching video on set top boxes or other
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35 embedded devices that have some graphics acceleration hardware
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37 - Account for rotated bitmap storage in pgserver
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39 - Support for hiding or changing the cursor
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41 - The display should be centered when the SDL application is smaller
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42 than the PicoGUI panel
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44 - Fullscreen or any other special modes
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46 - Support for indexed and grayscale modes
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48 - Probably much more...
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50 --- The End ---