[Pkg-directfb-devel] Bug#493899: libdirectfb-1.0-0: DirectFB fails to start ("Could not initialize 'system' core!")

[Olivier Tétard]

Package: libdirectfb-1.0-0
Version: 1.0.1-10
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

While trying to use libdirectfb-1.0-0, I encountered a big problem
that I resolved by disabling 92_reopen_console.patch. The problem
occurs when I try to use mplayer (both using sdl or directfb as video
output driver) or any directfb aware executable.

,----[ dfbinfo using directfb-1.0.1-10 ]
|
|      =======================|  DirectFB 1.0.1  |=======================
|           (c) 2001-2007  The DirectFB Organization (directfb.org)
|           (c) 2000-2004  Convergence (integrated media) GmbH
|         ------------------------------------------------------------
| 
| (*) DirectFB/Core: Single Application Core. (2008-07-22 17:13) 
| (*) Direct/Memcpy: Using libc memcpy()
| (!) DirectFB/Core: Could not initialize 'system' core!
|     --> Access denied!
| (#) DirectFBError [DirectFBCreate() failed]: Access denied!
`----

I tried to enable DirectFB's debug output but it wasn't useful. I'm
available if you need more info.

Thanks,
Olivier;

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libdirectfb-1.0-0 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.7-13     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libsysfs2                     2.1.0-4    interface library to sysfs
ii  libts-0.0-0                   1.0-4      touch screen library

libdirectfb-1.0-0 recommends no packages.

libdirectfb-1.0-0 suggests no packages.

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