SDL2 Initialisation SDL_INIT_VIDEO unkown error - sdl

When running the following D code I get a strange SDL error:
import std.string;
import derelict.sdl2.sdl;
pragma(lib, "DerelictUtil");
pragma(lib, "DerelictSDL2");
int main(){
DerelictSDL2.load();
if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0){
throw new Exception(format("Error initalizing SDL: %s", SDL_GetError()));
}
return 0;
}
Which returns the following from SDL_GetError()
object.Exception#min.d(12): Error initalizing SDL: 7F2802391940
----------------
./min(extern (C) int rt.dmain2.main(int, char**).void runMain()+0x1c) [0x434284]
./min(extern (C) int rt.dmain2.main(int, char**).void tryExec(scope void delegate())+0x2a) [0x433bfe]
./min(extern (C) int rt.dmain2.main(int, char**).void runAll()+0x3b) [0x4342cb]
./min(extern (C) int rt.dmain2.main(int, char**).void tryExec(scope void delegate())+0x2a) [0x433bfe]
./min(main+0xd1) [0x433b89]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xed) [0x7f28023b776d]
----------------
I am running this against the latest version of SDL2, built from mercurial. The d code is compiled with dmd v2.060. It looks like the number 7F2802391940 is garbage, but calling SDL_ClearError beforehand still produces a similar hex error message.

7F2802391940 is probably the address of the error message (stored as a null-terminated string). D's format function doesn't understand those (or rather, treats them like any other pointer), so convert it to a D string explicitly with text(SDL_GetError()) (don't forget to import std.conv).

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Use ngspice library in WebAssembly

I would need some help with using ngspice as a library in a webassembly (wasm) project.
I installed emsdk and newest version of emcc (1.39.20) and downloaded the source of ngspice version 32.
To my greatest surprise, I was able to compile ngspice to wasm target by following this guide:
emconfigure ./configure --with-ngshared --disable-debug
emmake make
(I had to patch configure a little to pass the checks by adding .out.js a.out.wasm to this line:)
# The possible output files:
ac_files="a.out a.out.js a.out.wasm conftest.exe conftest a.exe a_out.exe b.out conftest.*"
This produced a libngspice.so.0.0.0 file that I tried to link to from C++ code. However that failed with duplicate symbol: main. So it seemed that libngspice.so.0.0.0 contained a main function, that shouldn't have been there if I understand the purpose of the --with-ngshared of the configure script correctly.
So I manually removed the main function from main.c of ngspice and recomplied using the above method. This time I could successfully complie my own project, linking to ngspice. However when I call ngSpice_Init, I recieve the following runtime errors:
stderr Note: can't find init file.
exception thrown: RuntimeError: unreachable executed,#http://localhost:8001/sim.js line 1802 > WebAssembly.instantiate:wasm-function[67]:0x24e9
#http://localhost:8001/sim.js line 1802 > WebAssembly.instantiate:wasm-function[88]:0x423b
...
Minimal reproducible steps:
compile ngspice as above
compile the code below using em++ -o sim.html sim.cpp lib/libngspice.so
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "sharedspice.h"
using namespace std;
int recieve_char(char * str, int id, void* p){
printf("recieved %s\n", str);
}
int recieve_stat(char* status, int id, void* p){
printf("status: %s\n", status);
}
int ngexit(int status, bool unload, bool exit, int id, void* p){
printf("exit: %d\n", status);
}
int recieve_data(vecvaluesall* data, int numstructs, int id, void* p){
printf("data recieved: %f\n", data->vecsa[0]->creal);
}
int recieve_init_data(vecinfoall* data, int id, void* p){
printf("init data recieved from: %d\n", id);
}
int ngrunning(bool running, int id, void* p){
if(running){
printf("ng is running\n");
}else{
printf("ng is not running\n");
}
}
int main(){
ngSpice_Init(&recieve_char, &recieve_stat, &ngexit,
&recieve_data, &recieve_init_data, &ngrunning, (void*)NULL);
char** circarray = (char**)malloc(sizeof(char*) * 7);
circarray[0] = strdup("test array");
circarray[1] = strdup("V1 1 0 1");
circarray[2] = strdup("R1 1 2 1");
circarray[3] = strdup("C1 2 0 1 ic=0");
circarray[4] = strdup(".tran 10u 3 uic");
circarray[5] = strdup(".end");
circarray[6] = NULL;
ngSpice_Circ(circarray);
ngSpice_Command("run");
return 0;
}
So could someone please help me correctly compiling ngspice library to wasm target?
(Before someone asks, yes, I've seen this question, but it didn't help much)
I was able to compile the library and my example code after making several changes to the ngspice source. The patch and a guide on how to compile ngspice to wasm, can be found here.
(The issue leading to the error shown in my question was with the example code, not returning anything from functions that by signature should return int. This is not tolerated in wasm.)

How can I get the Nvidia driver version programatically in x86 program?

What I need is the 2 number version (e.g. 368.39) of the Nvidia drivers retrieved in a c++ program. Using Windows 7 64b.
Here is how to do this in 64bit applications using NVML library from Nvidia.
However, the nvml.dll distributed with Nvidia drivers is 64bit only. There is no way to dynamically load this library in my 32bit program. This is assuming your computer is 64bit. I have not tested this on a 32bit machine.
So far the NVML seems to be the only library that allows retrieving this information. What other methods are there to get this if any?
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
// (windows) how to get the nvidea driver version?
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
#define C(a) {std::cout<<a<<std::endl;} // for easy print out to console
template <class T> inline std::string TOSTR(const T fp){ // a macro
std::ostringstream o;
o.setf(std::ios_base::fixed, std::ios_base::floatfield);
o << fp; // << ends; (null-terminator character)
return std::string(o.str());
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
#pragma comment(lib,"nvapi.lib") // needed !
#include <nvapi.h> // needed !
// you have to start nvapi:
NvAPI_Status ret(NVAPI_OK);
ret = NvAPI_Initialize();
if(ret != NVAPI_OK) {
NvAPI_ShortString string;
NvAPI_GetErrorMessage(ret, string);
printf("NVAPI NvAPI_Initialize: %s\n", string);
}
NvAPI_Status s;
NvU32 v; // version
NvAPI_ShortString b; // branch
s = NvAPI_SYS_GetDriverAndBranchVersion(&v, b);
if(s != NVAPI_OK) {
NvAPI_ShortString string;
NvAPI_GetErrorMessage(s, string);
printf("NvAPI_SYS_GetDriverAndBranchVersion: %s\n", string);
}
C("Nvidea driver version: " + TOSTR(v)); // app, console output
// ...hope i can help ....
I assume you are using windows since you mention ".dll"
In windows you should be able to use WMI to get any hardware information you need. For a display adapter use the Win32_VideoController WMI class it has a string field called driverversion that should have what you want.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394512(v=vs.85).aspx

Using numpy on an embedded python interpreter using VS2008 under Windows 7

Let's take a look at my project.
I'm using Visual Studio 2008, Python 2.7 and numpy 1.8.1 (but I have tried several versions and none worked). My project is being compiled on debug mode.
It's a very simple code:
/* = Main.cpp file = */
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "Python.h"
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
PyObject *pName, *main;
Py_Initialize();
pName = PyUnicode_FromString("main");
main = PyImport_Import(pName);
Py_XDECREF(pName);
if (main != NULL)
{
printf("Python Module Loaded!!\n");
}
else
{
printf("Unable to load Python Module!!\n");
}
return 0;
}
And
""" = Main.py file = """
print 'Hello World!'
If I execute this code, I get:
As it is expected.
My problem arises as soon as I change main.py into:
""" = Main.py file = """
import numpy
print 'Hello World!'
Then I get the:
I have tried to run main.py separately on a python interpreter (not embedding it into C++) and then everything works just fine:
I have also tried a modification on the main.cpp as follows:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "Python.h"
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
PyObject *pName, *main;
Py_Initialize();
PyRun_SimpleString("import numpy");
return 0;
}
From this code the output is:
Finally I also tried compiling original version of main.cpp code in release mode and then the output is:
So, my question here is: What can I do to get numpy working under debug compilations using an embedded interpreter on Visual Studio 2008?
You know you have to have use a python debug version built don't you? That is probably your problem. (I would leave a comment but no rep ): )

Call Python function from C/C++

I am trying to call a simple python function which is defined in ("ctest.py") as
def square(a)
return a**2
the following ("pytest.c") (in same directory) is the C code that I am trying to use to call the function. The issue that I am experiencing is that when the C program tries to load the python module NULL is returned.
#include <Python.h>
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
printf("Calling Python Function\n");
Py_Initialize(); // Initialize the Python interpreter.
PyObject *pName, *pModule, *pDict, *pFunc, *pArgs, *pValue; // Create some Python objects that will later be assigned values.
// Convert the file name to a Python string.
pName = PyString_FromString("ctest.py");
if (pName==NULL)
printf("file not found");
else
printf("%s\n", PyString_AsString(pName));
// Import the file as a Python module.
pModule = PyImport_Import(pName); //PROBLEM LINE
if(pModule==NULL)
printf("no Module\n");
// Create a dictionary for the contents of the module.
pDict = PyModule_GetDict(pModule);
printf("After Dictionary retrieval\n");
// Get the add method from the dictionary.
pFunc = PyDict_GetItemString(pDict, "square");
printf("after function retrieval\n");
// Convert 2 to a Python integer.
pValue = PyInt_FromLong(2);
// Call the function with the arguments.
PyObject* pResult = PyObject_CallObject(pFunc, pValue);
// Print a message if calling the method failed.
if(pResult == NULL)
printf("Calling the add method failed.\n");
// Convert the result to a long from a Python object.
long result = PyInt_AsLong(pResult);
// Destroy the Python interpreter.
Py_Finalize();
// Print the result.
printf("The result is %d.\n", result);
return 0;
}
The C Code is built with:
gcc -o pytest -lpythhon2.7 -I/usr/include/python2.7 pytest.c
It looks like you are running into a naming/path issue.
You might have a look at this answer:
Why does PyImport_Import fail to load a module from the current directory?

nVidia driver version from WMI is not what I want

I want to get driver version of nVidia video card.
So I used WMI and get data from "DriverVersion" obejct of "Win32_VideoController" class.
But it was like "9.18.13.1106"(file version) and what I wanted is something like "311.06"(treiber version).
Where can I get that information?
If it is impossible on WMI, I want to know other way to get that.
Thanks.
You can do this using NVML from nVidia's Tesla Deployment Kit. You can retrieve the internal driver version (the one you're accustomed to seeing for an nVidia driver) with code like this:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <nvml.h>
#include <windows.h>
namespace {
typedef nvmlReturn_t (*init)();
typedef nvmlReturn_t (*shutdown)();
typedef nvmlReturn_t (*get_version)(char *, unsigned);
class NVML {
init nvmlInit;
shutdown nvmlShutdown;
get_version nvmlGetDriverVersion;
std::string find_dll() {
std::string loc(getenv("ProgramW6432"));
loc += "\\Nvidia Corporation\\nvsmi\\nvml.dll";
return loc;
}
public:
NVML() {
HMODULE lib = LoadLibrary(find_dll().c_str());
nvmlInit = (init)GetProcAddress(lib, "nvmlInit");
nvmlShutdown = (shutdown)GetProcAddress(lib, "nvmlShutdown");
nvmlGetDriverVersion = (get_version)GetProcAddress(lib, "nvmlSystemGetDriverVersion");
if (NVML_SUCCESS != nvmlInit())
throw(std::runtime_error("Unable to initialize NVML"));
}
std::string get_ver() {
char buffer[81];
nvmlGetDriverVersion(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
return std::string(buffer);
}
~NVML() {
if (NVML_SUCCESS != nvmlShutdown())
throw(std::runtime_error("Unable to shut down NVML"));
}
};
}
int main() {
std::cout << "nVidia Driver version: " << NVML().get_ver();
}
Note that if you're writing this purely for your own use on a machine where you're free to edit the PATH, you can simplify this quite a bit. Most of the code deals with the fact that this uses NVML.DLL, which is in a directory that's not normally on the path, so the code loads that dynamically, and uses GetProcAddress to find the functions in it that we need to use. In this case, we're only using three functions, so it's not all that difficult to deal with, but it still at drastically increases the length of the code.
If we could ignore all that nonsense, the real code would just come out to something on this general order:
nvmlInit();
nvmlSystemGetDriverVersion(result, sizeof(result));
std::cout << result;
nvmlShutdown();
Anyway, to build it, you'll need a command line something like:
cl -Ic:\tdk\nvml\include nv_driver_version.cpp
...assuming you've installed the Tesla Deployment Kit at c:\tdk.
In any case, yes, I've tested this to at least some degree. On my desktop it prints out:
nVidia Driver version: 314.22
...which matches what I have installed.
To get the Nvidia driver version through C++ on Win64:
Download NVAPI https://developer.nvidia.com/rtx/path-tracing/nvapi/get-started, a few MB
The main folder of the downloaded archive contains several header files, one of which is nvapi.h. Those headers are needed for compilation. The subfolder amd64 contains nvapi64.lib, which is needed for linking. The following code will now show the driver version:
#include <iostream>
extern "C" {
#include "nvapi.h"
}
int main() {
NvAPI_Status status = NVAPI_OK;
NvAPI_ShortString str;
status = NvAPI_Initialize();
if (status == NVAPI_LIBRARY_NOT_FOUND) {
//in this case NvAPI_GetErrorMessage() will only return an empty string
std::printf("error no nvidia driver found\n");
} else if (status != NVAPI_OK) {
NvAPI_GetErrorMessage(status, str);
std::printf("error initializing nvapi: %s\n", str);
}
NvU32 version = 0;
NvAPI_ShortString branch;
status = NvAPI_SYS_GetDriverAndBranchVersion(&version, branch);
if (status != NVAPI_OK) {
NvAPI_GetErrorMessage(status, str);
std::printf("error getting driver version: %s\n", str);
} else {
std::printf("driver version %d.%d", version / 100, version % 100);
}
}