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First post, by Azard

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Hi,
I am using dosbox 0.74 run a clipper program. Mode of running is that a php page will call a script which in turn run the dosbox. However i got an error "Can't init SDL No available video device". How do I resolve this. Thanks in advance.

Reply 1 of 4, by wd

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"Can't init SDL No available video device".

Looks like SDL can not find any available video device.

How do I resolve this.

I suggest changes that allow SDL to find some video device.

Reply 3 of 4, by frobme

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Is there a way to disable the video output?

Not reasonably (without writing code).

As has been suggested so many many times here, if you have an application that is not a game, and requires DOS mode, there are a variety of exceptional free programs to complete your task (DOSEMU, Bochs, VirtualPC + FreeDos, etc etc).

I'm pretty sure most DOS games require a display...

-Frob