Example from README.md does not work

[ufechner7]

I tried the latest version of SimpleDirectMediaLayer. When I try to run the example I only get a black Window and a lot of warnings in the console. ALSA lib conf.c:4499:(snd_config_update_r) Cannot access file /workspace/destdir/share/alsa/alsa.conf

Ubuntu 18.04, Julia 1.7

[dustyirwin]

I get a black window as well. The AWSD keys are unresponsive.

Windows 10, Julia1.8

[aviks]

On linux, the ALSA issues can be worked around by: https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Yggdrasil/issues/1432#issuecomment-851065063

As to the example code in the home directory, it expects a PNG file at a certain location: surface = IMG_Load(joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", "assets", "cat.png"))

So it's best to run the file from the examples directory. I just ran this, and without the png file in the correct location, you'll just see a black screen. With the file, things seem to work fine.