how to start with simple SDL programming?

[Hiisi]

2009/11/16 Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>:
>
>  having never done any SDL programming before (so be gentle), what
> would i need to do to get started in terms of loading framebuffer
> support for my first program?
>
>  currently, on this laptop, i have perfectly serviceable video with:
>
> $ lsmod | grep radeon
> radeon                509536  2
> ttm                    42256  1 radeon
> drm_kms_helper         25456  1 radeon
> drm                   172288  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
> radeonfb               75128  0
> fb_ddc                  2464  1 radeonfb
> i2c_algo_bit            6068  2 radeon,radeonfb
> i2c_core               28608  8 radeon,drm,radeonfb,fb_ddc,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_dev,videodev,i2c_piix4
> $
>
>  i also have a "radeonfb" loadable module which i'm assuming i'm
> going to need.  or am i?  there's certainly enough simple SDL examples
> out there to get started, i just want to make sure i have the
> underlying functionality in place for my first sample program to run.
> thoughts?  or am i going about this the wrong way?
>
> rday
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Not actually response to OP, but I also have some interest in this
tread, especially in SDL, OpenGL, glub, etc. programming. What
instruments are available for me in Fedora (F 11 currently)?


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