[SDL] Video window hangs on Windows XP

[Sam Lantinga]

> Hi everyone,

> I'm attempting a Windows port of a program I have originally written for 
> Linux, by using mingw + gcc 3.2 + pthread-win32 + libsdl 1.25. I managed 
> to compile run the program successfully, but when I set a windowed video 
> mode, Windows XP thinks the window is frozen and displays "Not 
> responding" on the title bar, even if I am drawing to the surface and I 
> see what I expect. I cannot move the window (an hourglass cursor appears 
> when I move the mouse pointer over the window), but I get everything 
> drawn onto the surface and the keyboard responds correctly.

That usually happens when you don't run the SDL event loop.
(e.g. SDL_PollEvent() or SDL_WaitEvent())

See ya,
	-Sam Lantinga, Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment