Re: Failed to open vchiq device on RPi

Andreas Falkenhahn <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.sdl
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?

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