SDL 1.3 Software fallback?

[Micah Brening]

Hello Everyone!

I have a virtual XP station at work that I do all my programming
(easier to "reset" or quickly remove if needed)
I'm using the latest VirtualBox.

SDL 1.2 runs great.  "Native" speeds.
But when I try to run some of the tests from 1.3 I get the same error:
Couldn't create texture: CreateDevice(): NOTAVAILABLE

While it isn't that big of a deal I was just wondering if there is a reason why
SDL doesn't fall back to using the old software renderer, or at least something
similar.

If it doesn't do it automatically, is there a way to test for it and make the
needed adjustments programmatically?

Again, this isn't a big issue, more curiousity.

Thanks!

 - Micah

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[Sam Lantinga-4]

It does have a software fallback, so I'm not sure why it's failing.
I'm looking at this now.

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Micah Brening <micah.brening@...> wrote:

> Hello Everyone!
>
> I have a virtual XP station at work that I do all my programming
> (easier to "reset" or quickly remove if needed)
> I'm using the latest VirtualBox.
>
> SDL 1.2 runs great.  "Native" speeds.
> But when I try to run some of the tests from 1.3 I get the same error:
> Couldn't create texture: CreateDevice(): NOTAVAILABLE
>
> While it isn't that big of a deal I was just wondering if there is a reason why
> SDL doesn't fall back to using the old software renderer, or at least something
> similar.
>
> If it doesn't do it automatically, is there a way to test for it and make the
> needed adjustments programmatically?
>
> Again, this isn't a big issue, more curiousity.
>
> Thanks!
>
>  - Micah
>
> _______________________________________________
> SDL mailing list
> SDL@...
> http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org
>

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[Sam Lantinga-4]

This is fixed in the latest snapshot:
http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/SDL-1.3.zip

Thanks!

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Micah Brening <micah.brening@...> wrote:

> Hello Everyone!
>
> I have a virtual XP station at work that I do all my programming
> (easier to "reset" or quickly remove if needed)
> I'm using the latest VirtualBox.
>
> SDL 1.2 runs great.  "Native" speeds.
> But when I try to run some of the tests from 1.3 I get the same error:
> Couldn't create texture: CreateDevice(): NOTAVAILABLE
>
> While it isn't that big of a deal I was just wondering if there is a reason why
> SDL doesn't fall back to using the old software renderer, or at least something
> similar.
>
> If it doesn't do it automatically, is there a way to test for it and make the
> needed adjustments programmatically?
>
> Again, this isn't a big issue, more curiousity.
>
> Thanks!
>
>  - Micah
>
> _______________________________________________
> SDL mailing list
> SDL@...
> http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org
>

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[Micah Brening]

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Yep, that fixed it! Thanks!

Sam Lantinga wrote:

This is fixed in the latest snapshot:
http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/SDL-1.3.zip

Thanks!

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Micah Brening <> wrote:

Quote:

Hello Everyone!

I have a virtual XP station at work that I do all my programming
(easier to "reset" or quickly remove if needed)
I'm using the latest VirtualBox.

SDL 1.2 runs great.  "Native" speeds.
But when I try to run some of the tests from 1.3 I get the same error:
Couldn't create texture: CreateDevice(): NOTAVAILABLE

While it isn't that big of a deal I was just wondering if there is a reason why
SDL doesn't fall back to using the old software renderer, or at least something
similar.

If it doesn't do it automatically, is there a way to test for it and make the
needed adjustments programmatically?

Again, this isn't a big issue, more curiousity.

Thanks!

 - Micah

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[Sam Lantinga-4]

Great, you're welcome! :)

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:16 AM, MBrening <micah.brening@...> wrote:

Yep, that fixed it! Thanks!

Sam Lantinga wrote:

This is fixed in the latest snapshot:
http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/SDL-1.3.zip

Thanks!

On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Micah Brening <> wrote:

	Quote:
	Hello Everyone! I have a virtual XP station at work that I do all my programming (easier to "reset" or quickly remove if needed) I'm using the latest VirtualBox. SDL 1.2 runs great.  "Native" speeds. But when I try to run some of the tests from 1.3 I get the same error: Couldn't create texture: CreateDevice(): NOTAVAILABLE While it isn't that big of a deal I was just wondering if there is a reason why SDL doesn't fall back to using the old software renderer, or at least something similar. If it doesn't do it automatically, is there a way to test for it and make the needed adjustments programmatically? Again, this isn't a big issue, more curiousity. Thanks!  - Micah _______________________________________________ SDL mailing list http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org

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