[Pyallegro] Re: So how do I use that?

[Alberto G. <al...@ti...>]

> As for determining what happens with pyallegro that it doesn't load
> it's modules, you only need to have one module, it doesn't matter which
> one, to know if it get's loaded or not. I have for example modified
> allegro/src/linux/fbcon.c, around line 956 in function _module_init to
> make the following first call:
>
>  printf("Entering fbcon module initialization\n");
>
I think I found the problem: if you uncomment line 110 of
src/unix/umodules.c, and then execute this:

>>> import alpy
>>> alpy.allegro_init()

you should get something like this:

Error loading module: /usr/local/lib/allegro/4.0/alleg-vga.so: undefined
symbol: _drawing_mode
Error loading module: /usr/local/lib/allegro/4.0/alleg-fbcon.so: undefined
symbol: empty_string
Error loading module: /usr/local/lib/allegro/4.0/alleg-svgalib.so:
undefined symbol: empty_string
Error loading module: /usr/local/lib/allegro/4.0/alleg-dga2.so: undefined
symbol: XextCreateExtension
Error loading module: /usr/local/lib/allegro/4.0/alleg-esddigi.so:
undefined symbol: empty_string

That is, the problem is not in the path, but in the external symbols
lookup.

I've found a possible solution to this problem: it seems to work, but I've
not tested it very much, so there might be some pitfalls.
Anyway, you can get it from CVS.

Of course, tell me if something goes wrong: at the moment all the examples
should work.

Alberto Griggio