Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 02:25:33 -0400 From: Glenn Maynard To: sdl@libsdl.org Subject: [SDL] SDL_SetVideoMode() failing and not setting an error (patch) Running an OpenGL SDL application off 1.2.7, at SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) time: Warning: Unable to initialize AAlib mouseUsing AAlib driver: Slang driver 1.0 (slang) SDL_SetVideoMode then fails; SDL_GetError() returns "". The installation problem is straightforward: X (the higher priority driver) isn't running, so SDL is falling back on aalib. However, no error is being set when aalib fails to initialize. This also happens with the svgalib driver. SDL_video.c line ~653 sets mode to NULL, since aalib didn't return an OpenGL surface. Line ~711 ("failed setting a video mode") returns NULL. The attached patch sets an error. It's a horrible, useless error message--it should really say eg. "aalib does not support OpenGL"; this should probably be done earlier in the individual drivers, too.

.TH "SDL_WM_IconifyWindow" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:02" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_WM_IconifyWindow\- Iconify/Minimise the window
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fB#include "SDL\&.h"
.sp
\fBint \fBSDL_WM_IconifyWindow\fP\fR(\fBvoid\fR);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
If the application is running in a window managed environment SDL attempts to iconify/minimise it\&. If \fBSDL_WM_IconifyWindow\fP is successful, the application will receive a \fI\fBSDL_APPACTIVE\fP\fR loss event\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
Returns non-zero on success or \fB0\fR if iconification is not support or was refused by the window manager\&.
...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 23:02