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by alchemist_alchemist
Sun Jul 04, 2021 4:08 am
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: Could not initialize SDL: No available video device!
Replies: 2
Views: 3388

Re: Could not initialize SDL: No available video device!

Thanks; although SDL's documentation wasn't much help, knowing that it was not a ScummVM problem helped narrow down the issue. At first I thought I'd just compiled SDL incorrectly, so I removed it and tried installing through Synaptic. For some reason even though Debian's SDL package includes X11 an...
by alchemist_alchemist
Sat Jul 03, 2021 12:36 am
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: Could not initialize SDL: No available video device!
Replies: 2
Views: 3388

Could not initialize SDL: No available video device!

Hi everyone, I've been trying to run ScummVM 2.2.0 on MX Linux 19.4 (based on Debian 10) for a few days now. Nothing happens when trying to start it from the GUI, and using the Terminal gives the error: Could not initialize SDL: No available video device! I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, bo...