[Buildroot] SDL2+directfb combo does not work as built by buildroot-2018.02.3

Peter Thompson peter.macleod.thompson at gmail.com
Tue Aug 28 02:11:51 UTC 2018


RESOLVED
SDL2-2.0.8 works on Beaglebone Black using DirectFB provided the following
patch is applied to SDL2-2.0.8.

https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/raw-rev/751cdc74d55c

The patch was created by Sam Lantinga and will be incorporated into the
next release of SDL2.

Peter

On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 5:11 AM, Peter Thompson <
peter.macleod.thompson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I cannot get directfb + SDL2 working on Beaglebone Black  (see Bugzilla
> #4232 and SDL forums)
>     https://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4232
>     https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/PeterThompson/activity
>
> I do not want to use X windows for the video driver.  I tried adding
> OpenGL ES to the rootfs but for that I need efl which in turn needs the
> kernel built by Buildroot.  I have a working kernel which I want to work on
> separately to attach a new display and prefer not to be forced to always
> build it through Buildroot.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Note: SDL2+directfb combo used to work on igepv2 buildroot-2015.08.1.   I
> am just trying to migrate to the beaglebone black.
>
>
> Peter Thompson
>
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