Hi all,
I really don't know where to post this thread, OpenGL, SDL, Nix,...? I finally choose Nehe.
In fact, i'm running Redhat linux 9.0 and using the SDL\Linux port for NeHe's tutorials. Everything is ok, compile,link,run! Everything is fine when i call the program from the terminal, but when i click on it, the textures just don't show up. What's wrong?
SDL\Linux port problem
August 11, 2004 10:58 AM
"...and we all know what "undefined" means: it means it works during development, it works during testing, and it blows up in your most important customers' faces."----------Scott Meyers, "Effective C++"
133
August 11, 2004 02:11 PM
My guess is that the paths to the texture files are relative paths. So it's likely when you launch from a terminal, the process is launched from its parent directory, but *not* when launched from a file manager.
A good solution is to modify the program so that it'll manage to find the textures directory.
Hints :
- argv[0] will give a path to the binary (use the dirname function) ;
- the PATH environment variable might be necessary if this path is not absolute.
A good solution is to modify the program so that it'll manage to find the textures directory.
Hints :
- argv[0] will give a path to the binary (use the dirname function) ;
- the PATH environment variable might be necessary if this path is not absolute.
SaM3d!, a cross-platform API for 3d based on SDL and OpenGL.The trouble is that things never get better, they just stay the same, only more so. -- (Terry Pratchett, Eric)
808
August 11, 2004 06:34 PM
another possibility is case sensitivity.
file "Texture.jpg"
you call "texture.jpg"
that sort of thing.
file "Texture.jpg"
you call "texture.jpg"
that sort of thing.
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1,099
August 11, 2004 06:35 PM
path relativity is correct.
from terminal, the CWD is where the program is, from the GUI, the CWD is probably the home directory.
from terminal, the CWD is where the program is, from the GUI, the CWD is probably the home directory.
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