I''ve just started programming on linux and the sdl too.

You shouldn''t name programs test as there''s already a command named that. You won''t have a problem as long as you do ./test and providing you don''t have the current working directory in path but it''s good to be aware of these kind of stuft.

Try running on the shell
sdl-config --libs

you should get something like

-L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -lSDL -lpthread


check libSDL.so is it in /usr/local/lib or whatever

edit /etc/ld.so.conf
and add the line /usr/local/lib or where ever your libSDL.so is.

Then

cd /usr/local/lib
ldconfig

This is all I know of doing besides making sure libSDL.so points to the right library etc.

Perhaps it''s a way of saying the file is linked to
a invalid location. Reminds me of that common
c bug though my terminal isn''t so colorful so I have
never seen it blink at me before. Try
doing ls -l libSDL.so you should get something like

libSDL.so-> ...

or cat libSDL.so is another way but will probably
mess up your terminal.

and make sure that it''s
linked to the write location.

This shouldn''t have happended as the install is suppose to do it
for you I think. After this I would try reinstalling SDL again.
If this doesn''t work ask the question on the SDL user mailing
list.

>> I renamed the actual library file as ''libSDL.so''
Really should use ln -s but if it works it works.
So everything works so like does this run ignoring
any small mistakes in it


#include
#include
#include
int main(void)
{
SDL_Surface* screen;

if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", SDL_GetError());
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(640, 480, 16, SDL_FULLSCREEN);
if (screen == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", SDL_GetError());
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

/* delay a second */
SDL_Delay(1000);

return 0;
}

During the install portion of SDL''s makefile I think
automatically does it. There''s a chance that maybe it
the Makefile you used to compile the SDL was bad they
really just came up with a new release but I havn''t compiled
mine yet.

I''m new to the SDL and game programming in general
there''s a online book that you can get which shows
you how to use the SDL and a few other libraries.
It''s worth reading if your not used to it some people
say the api is like directx so maybe they can just learn
from the prototypes.

http://mail.lokigames.com/~overcode/plg/

DON''T RUN THIS PROGRAM IT WILL CRASH YOU X SERVER!!

ok just put a atexit(SDL_Quit) in there and the includes
got messed up.

just experimenting to see if I can get the nice
colorcoded code to work



#include
#include
#include

int main(void)
{
SDL_Surface* screen;

if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", SDL_GetError());
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

atexit(SDL_Quit);

screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(640, 480, 16, 0);
if (screen == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", SDL_GetError());
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

SDL_Delay(1000);

return 0;
}

just experimenting to see if I can get the nice
colorcoded code to work. Ok I took html
tags to seriously I think

  #include <stdio.h>#include <stdlib.h>#include <SDL/SDL.h>int main(void){      SDL_Surface* screen;      if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) != 0) {            fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", SDL_GetError());            return EXIT_FAILURE;      }      atexit(SDL_Quit);       screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(640, 480, 16, 0);      if (screen == NULL) {            fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", SDL_GetError());            return EXIT_FAILURE;      }      SDL_Delay(1000);       return 0;}