[SDL] Full screen mode in WinDIB mode

Sam Lantinga slouken at devolution.com
Wed Jun 21 12:06:52 PDT 2000


> I recently upgraded SDL from 1.1.2 to 1.1.3

> when I run my program in WinDIB mode (no DX installed)
> I get this message:

> Couldn't set video mode: No video modes supported

> How can I force it to use windowed mode instead of displaying this error?
> Is there any flag to set?

Don't set the SDL_FULLSCREEN flag, or check and retry setting the video
mode without that flag.  If it still fails, it's a bug in SDL, so please
let me know.

See ya!
	-Sam Lantinga, Lead Programmer, Loki Entertainment Software



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