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Old 02-28-2004, 01:06 PM   #1
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Unhappy HELP! Couldn't initialize SDL: No available video device


I tried to run ut2004demo but it gave me an error "Couldn't initialize SDL: No available video device"...
How can i fix this?

System:
Knoppix 3.3
nVIDIA GeForce 420mx
amd Athlon xp 2000+

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Old 02-28-2004, 04:10 PM   #2
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Do you have your graphic card configured with acceleration? Do you have the NVidia driver from nvidia.com?
 
Old 02-29-2004, 09:51 AM   #3
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jeah i have the drivers installed but i gave me some error when i installed the drivers somethink about my kernel....

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Old 03-01-2004, 04:31 PM   #4
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Please paste the errors yu got when installing the drivers. It seems the drivers were not installed.
 
Old 03-06-2004, 08:53 AM   #5
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Nope the drivers are installed becource i get the NVIDIA logo when im bootting and all the other games (quakeIII, tuxracer....) work fine...
 
Old 03-07-2004, 06:34 AM   #6
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Do you have SDL installed?
 
Old 03-24-2004, 02:04 PM   #7
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