Re: [pygame] BUG: non-fullscreen display on Windows is not responding

[Peter Nicolai <pnicolai@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've seen this with plain SDL apps on Intel graphics chips as well. 
Setting the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment variable to 'windib' also
works, and might be a little less intrusive on the user. I suppose
it's slower, I haven't tested it, but at least it's better than no
display at all.


On 11/19/05, Gal Koren <koren_3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My System
> =========
> OS: Windows XP
> Video Card: Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics
> Controller
> Drivers: DirectX 8.1 with Intel's geniuin driver.
> PyGame Version: 1.7.1 (for python 2.4)
>
> The problem
> ===========
> The following code:
>
> pygame.init()
> s = pygame.display.set_mode( <whatever-size> )
>
> creates a non-responding window!
> (I can't draw into it, nor close it)
>
> None of the pygame examples work, of course, nor any
> other non-fullscreen pygame application.
>
>
> Interesting Synopsis
> ====================
>
> * when working in fullscreen, everything is fine.
> * when I disable DirectDraw Acceleration, everything
> is fine too.
> * dosbox works fine in non-fullscreen mode. (therefore
> I suspect pygame, and not SDL itself)
>
>
> One Reasonable Fix
> ==================
> Disable DirectDraw Acceleration for non-fullscreen
> pygame application, and enable it in again to run
> fullscreen applications.
> For disabling DirectDraw:
> Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools ->
> System Information -> Tools -> DirectX Diagnostics
> Tool -> Display -> DirectDraw Acceleration -> Disable.
>
>
> Gal.
>
>
>
>
>
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