Re: Failed to open vchiq device on RPi
Andreas Falkenhahn <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.lib.sdl |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 01.09.2016 at 20:43 Eric Wing wrote: > On 9/1/16, Andreas Falkenhahn <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've compiled SDL 2.0.4 on my Raspberry Pi 2 (running Raspbian) and followed >> all >> the instructions in docs/README-raspberrypi.md. However, it doesn't work. I >> always >> get the following error: >> * failed to open vchiq device >> I've googled the error and tried all the solutions I could find (e.g. doing >> a >> "sudo chmod 777 /dev/vchiq" or adding user pi to the video group by doing >> "sudo usermod -a -G video pi") but nothing helped. I still get the error. >> What is causing this and how can I fix this? > I'm assuming you are using Raspbian Jessie. I'm still on Wheezy but AFAIR that should be ok. > I don't remember having to do anything special on my Pi that required > privileged access (besides cranking up the amount of GPU memory). But > I have a pretty boring Pi setup. (Just the basic with a HDMI into a > TV. No cameras or touch screen, etc.) > Does my demo program work for you? > http://playcontrol.net/tempdownload/BlurrrBinaries/FlappyBlurrrC-0.1.1-Raspbian.tar.gz Yes, it works. What could be the reason that my build doesn't work? -- Best regards, Andreas Falkenhahn mailto:[email protected]