From 47392f4b3b56cca57f5f9fb6a3912dd253e4159a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stephanr <>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 22:05:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added help "are you root?" when initialization fails.. for
newbies like myself
---
src/video/svgalib.cpp | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/video/svgalib.cpp b/src/video/svgalib.cpp
index 61e2415a9..a8388c00c 100644
--- a/src/video/svgalib.cpp
+++ b/src/video/svgalib.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ global void InitVideoSVGA(void)
setuid(geteuid());
if(vga_init() == -1) {
- fprintf(stderr, "Cannot initialize svgalib.\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "Cannot initialize svgalib.\n"
+ "(You are possibly not user 'root')\n" );
exit(-1);
}
VideoMemory =malloc(VideoWidth * VideoHeight * ((VideoDepth+7) >> 3));