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Bug 1007 - Calling SDL_SetVideoMode() will reset existing timers
Summary: Calling SDL_SetVideoMode() will reset existing timers
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SDL
Classification: Unclassified
Component: timer (show other bugs)
Version: 1.2.14
Hardware: Other Linux
: P2 normal
Assignee: Sam Lantinga
QA Contact: Sam Lantinga
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Reported: 2010-06-13 20:31 UTC by Alexei Svitkine
Modified: 2011-02-04 14:31 UTC (History)
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Description Alexei Svitkine 2010-06-13 20:31:08 UTC 
My application does the following:

SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO)
SDL_SetVideoMode(...)
...
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_TIMER)
SDL_AddTimer(...)
...
SDL_SetVideoMode(...)

After the last call to SetVideoMode(), all my previously registered timers will be lost - and GDB tells me that the timer thread ends. It seems SDL_SetVideoMode() ends up calling SDL_Init(), which somehow re-initializes the timer stuff and losing everything that was registered.
Comment 1 Alexei Svitkine 2010-07-18 14:05:53 UTC 
Further testing revealed that this behaviour is cross-platform (MacOSX and Windows are also affected).
Comment 2 Sam Lantinga 2011-02-04 14:31:39 UTC 
This is fixed in SDL 1.3.  Previously the timers were coupled to the event loop.

Thanks!