Re: [pygame] Fullscreen + Hardware surface causes crash

[Andreas RÃsdal <andrearo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Shinners wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 21:17 +0100, Andreas RÃsdal wrote:
>   
> > I have a question about setting the screen mode in Pygame, because using 
> > fullscreen mode with hardware surfaces does not work:
> >     
>
> SDL gets stricter about Surface locking when hardware acceleration is
> being used. This is because the Surface data becomes shared by the
> processor and the video card.
>
> I'm surprised you are getting the locking error on the exact line
> listed. But it hints at something like being unable to blit or
> flip/update the display Surface while it is locked.

Thanks for the response. I still haven't found of how to solve it yet, 
though.
What is the proper way to blit to a locked hardware display surface?

Andreas R.
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