Bug#760365: qemu-system-x86: Showing "Could not initialize SDL(No available video device)" since last upgrade

2014-09-03 Thread Michael Tokarev
03.09.2014 14:20, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > On 09/03/2014 12:08 PM, Michael Tokarev wrote: >> And second, if you want your X11 environment to be accessible across sudo, >> configure sudo to pass $DISPLAY and $XAUTHORITY variables, so that X clients >> will be able to connect to your X server. > >

Bug#760365: qemu-system-x86: Showing "Could not initialize SDL(No available video device)" since last upgrade

2014-09-03 Thread Sebastian Pipping
On 09/03/2014 12:08 PM, Michael Tokarev wrote: And second, if you want your X11 environment to be accessible across sudo, configure sudo to pass $DISPLAY and $XAUTHORITY variables, so that X clients will be able to connect to your X server. It did work like that until this morning before the up

Bug#760365: qemu-system-x86: Showing "Could not initialize SDL(No available video device)" since last upgrade

2014-09-03 Thread Michael Tokarev
Control: tag -1 + moreinfo unreproducible 03.09.2014 13:42, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > Package: qemu-system-x86 > Version: 2.1+dfsg-2 > Severity: important > > I've been running "qemu-system-x86_64 -display sdl [..]" for months without > problems. Now it shows an error > > "Could not initialize

Bug#760365: qemu-system-x86: Showing "Could not initialize SDL(No available video device)" since last upgrade

2014-09-03 Thread Sebastian Pipping
On 09/03/2014 11:53 AM, Michael Tokarev wrote: For a start, SDL requires X11, can you run xterm the same way as you're trying to run qemu-system-x86_64? It seems I cannot: # sudo xterm No protocol specified Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. The

Bug#760365: qemu-system-x86: Showing "Could not initialize SDL(No available video device)" since last upgrade

2014-09-03 Thread Sebastian Pipping
Package: qemu-system-x86 Version: 2.1+dfsg-2 Severity: important I've been running "qemu-system-x86_64 -display sdl [..]" for months without problems. Now it shows an error "Could not initialize SDL(No available video device) - exiting" I'm hoping for a soon fix. -- System Information: Debian