I think somebody must have made that change for XP and earlier OS' in pygame.
you should be able to test the alternative (windib) with: os.environ['SDL_VIDEODRIVER'] ='windib' On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:32 AM, David Muffley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Actually, the SDL_VIDEODRIVER var is set to directx already, with either > SDL.dll. Is that normal? I didn't change anything by myself prior to this. > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 3:47 AM, René Dudfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> hi, >> >> Does it work if you put this at the top of your file? >> >> import os >> os.environ['SDL_VIDEODRIVER'] ='directx' >> >> >> cheers, >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 5:37 PM, David Muffley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > With the default SDL.dll from 1.8.1 on Windows 2000sp4 with Python 2.5 >> > >> > import pygame >> > a = pygame.Surface((10,10)) >> > a.blit(a, (0, 0)) # CRASHES ## >> > a.blit(a, (1, 0)) # CRASHES ## >> > a.blit(a, (0, 0), (0,0,9,9)) # CRASHES ## >> > a.blit(a, (0, 0), (1,1,9,9)) # SUCCEEDS ## >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Brian Fisher < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> OK, so basically I've got an SDL I built myself that I'd like other >> people >> >> who are experiencing this problem to try out. >> >> SDL is zipped up here: >> >> thorbrian.com/SDL_TestBlitToSelf.zip >> > >> > Using this version on the same machine, all the above self-blits worked. >> > >> > >
