All SDL apps crash in DirectFB on PPC
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xorg (Ubuntu) |
Low
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Unassigned | ||
| xserver-xorg-video-ati (Debian) |
Fix Released
|
Unknown
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Bug Description
This problem's first symptom is that you are completely logged out of your X session as soon as you try to run something like Tuxpaint on PPC. I have seen it on Fedora, Debian Lenny and Intrepid. Etch worked fine, probably because directfb was version 0.9.
I have stepped though Tuxpaint until an SDL init:
SDL_Init(1048625)
(Those flags are: SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_TIMER | SDL_INIT_AUDO | SDL_INIT_
I then stepped through the SDL code until here:
DirectFB_
DirectFB_
it doesn't print anything, it just terminates the session. Since it looks permissions related I have
run everything as root but that doesn't help.
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(c) 2001-2007 The DirectFB Organization (directfb.org)
(c) 2000-2004 Convergence (integrated media) GmbH
(*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2008-09-12 20:02)
(*) Direct/Memcpy: Using ppcasm_memcpy()
(!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system' core!
--> Access denied!
==
(c) 2001-2007 The DirectFB Organization (directfb.org)
(c) 2000-2004 Convergence (integrated media) GmbH
(*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2008-09-12 20:02)
(*) Direct/Memcpy: Using libc memcpy()
(!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system' core!
--> Access denied!
Error: I could not initialize video and/or the timer!
The Simple DirectMedia Layer error that occurred was:
DirectFBCreate: Access denied!
Caroline Ford (secretlondon) wrote : | #1 |
Leslie Viljoen (leslieviljoen) wrote : | #2 |
I think the problem is lower than SDL, but I could not determine where with any certainty.
You can follow more of the discussion at http://
affects: | directfb (Debian) → xserver-xorg-video-ati (Debian) |
affects: | directfb (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → Incomplete |
tags: | added: crash |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Debian): | |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Released |
Christopher M. Penalver (penalvch) wrote : | #3 |
Leslie Viljoen, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
As per https:/
Is this reproducible in a supported release?
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Incomplete |
affects: | xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) → xorg (Ubuntu) |
Leslie Viljoen (leslieviljoen) wrote : | #4 |
Sorry, this was reported over 7 years ago, I doubt it has any relevance any more. My old Mac Mini is long since packed away and probably too slow to be worth using with today's software. Thanks for taking a look though.
Should I close this bug report or something?
Christopher M. Penalver (penalvch) wrote : | #5 |
Leslie Viljoen, it is your call. If you want to put it back into use, feel free to unpack it and test a supported release.
If not, please mark this Status Invalid.
Leslie Viljoen (leslieviljoen) wrote : | #6 |
Marked invalid as requested.
Changed in xorg (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
This is a bug in upstream SDL?