Re: [pygame] pygame.error: SDL_ttf render failed

["Joseph Quigley" <cpu.crazy@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/25/06, Peter Shinners <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Try turning on the antialiasing? I've seen cases where the smoothed font
> rendering works but the simple fails. This is some problem with SDL_ttf
> or freetype.

Ah. That makes it work.

> > One other issue I have noticed is that pygame.init() takes forever to
> > load (whether solar wolf or some of the pygame demos).
>
> This is probably from SDL trying to probe the different sound and video
> backends. It's usually fast, but it is finding some sort of partial
> match that slows it down. Try setting the environment vars
> SDL_VIDEODRIVER and SDL_AUDIODRIVER to the modes you are using.
> http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cgi/SDL_5fenvvars

Strange. I re-installed pygame for the fifth time and that problem
went away. I have a feeling the link will prove usefull later though.
Thanks!
Joe

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