[SDL] Unable to open a console terminal

[Wael Adel]

Just try to run your sdl programs as a root (superuser) and it will works
well

On 12/13/06, Praveen Narayanan <praveenkmenon at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>   I am using SDL on linux. I get error as "Unable to
> open a console terminal" on SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO).
> I am using direct framebuffer interface. When I look
> into the code I see that I could be getting this
> because I have no keyboard.
>
> Would anyone know if SDL works on linux devices with
> no keyboard? Or is it something else that I am
> missing?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
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