[K12OSN] SDL - unable to initialize video errors
Carl Keil
carl at snarlnet.com
Mon May 21 16:57:17 UTC 2007
> Carl Keil wrote:
>> These games worked fine up until a few days ago. Perhaps I yum installed
>> something in my sleep that's causing problems. I tried rolling back the
>> kernel to no avail. This happens for all the users I've tried on 3
>> different clients with three different monitor types.
>
> su -
> less /var/log/yum.log
>
> --
> Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us>
> Multnomah ESD - Technology Services
> 503-257-1562
>
>
Thank you so much for that very helpful one-liner.
OK, I'm an idiot. That shows that SDL itself was updated on May 15th,
which fits the timeframe perfectly.
(from the log)
May 15 06:22:23 Updated: SDL.i386 1.2.9-6
So, what's the best solution? Do I need to yum remove that and install an
older one from RPM? Is there a "yum way" to do that? Should I file a bug
with the SDL people? (Whoever they are?) Man, it would be really cool if
there was a "yum downgrade foopackage" command.
I'll start googling now, but I'd appreciate any suggestions. I always
feel like there's a million ways to troubleshoot linux problems, but no
clear "best" method.
Thanks again.
Viva la Linux libre and K12ltsp.
ck
PS - Is it risky to turn nightly Yum off on a production box? It seems
risky to leave it on, because stuff like this happens, but is it analogous
to not running update on a windows box, in that I'm leaving myself open to
security vulnerabilities?
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