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Title: Checking connection to X Server
Post by: EvilSakray on March 18, 2012, 05:59:35 pm

Hello,

I'd like to know if SFML (1.6) offers any way of checking if DISPLAY environnement of execution shell is properly setted before trying opening a Window.

(env -u DISPLAY / env -i or any invalid value result in an instant segfault.)

Thanks  :wink:

Title: Checking connection to X Server
Post by: Laurent on March 18, 2012, 06:07:39 pm

No, but since it's platform specific you can use platform specific code. Include <Xlib.h> and check whether XOpenDisplay returns NULL or a valid result.

Title: Checking connection to X Server
Post by: EvilSakray on March 18, 2012, 11:29:04 pm

Thanks, worked like a charm  :wink: