FATAL Exception: SDL video initialization: No available video device

[behind1231]

FATAL Exception: SDL video initialization: No available video device

[root@localhost openage]# ./openage
MSG   launching engine with data directory './assets'
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyxcb_connection_has_error() returned true
MSG   initialized SDL audio subsystems.
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyxcb_connection_has_error() returned true
MSG   Using audio device 'default' [freq=48000,format=32784,channels=2,samples=4096]
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyMSG   ERROR: SDL video initialization: No available video device
FATAL Exception: SDL video initialization: No available video device

[franciscod]

Please, stop creating new issues for each problem you have. Stick to one issue instead of spamming. /close please

[behind1231]

Would you please help me?

[franciscod]

YESSS ENGLISH FINALLY. Surely a lot of people on this project can help you if you're willing to communicate in english.

[zuntrax]

Did you read the instructions in building.md and follow them?

[mic-e]

(removed tens of "please help me" and "chinese characters" messages)

• Please do not spam the issue tracker. Especially do not spam existing, unrelated issues.
• For this sort of problem, IRC would be preferrable.
• Don't run openage as root.
• Do you have an X server running? That would be really helpful.

[TheJJ]

As you are running openage as root, it is no wonder the X-server can't be reached, as it runs under your local user. Please never run any game with root privileges again.

[janisozaur]

@behind1231 are you aware that project has merely started and it's a loooong way till you can do anything with it? Don't expect to be able to play aoe2 anytime soon with this. Given your apparent lack of programming skills, perhaps you should wait a while longer until more milestones are reached? I don't want to deter you, but don't your hopes to high.

[TheJJ]

I'm closing this as running under root is most likely the cause.