BACKENDS: OSXPPC: ScummVM fails to start without "millions of colors" setting

[jamie-marchant]

It gives me this error when in terminal:
'Could not initialize SDL: Unsupported display mode!'

[dwatteau]

Thank you for reporting this.

Can you give me the output from the sw_vers command in the terminal (it gives the precise macOS version), and tell me which PPC computer you are using to test this? Maybe there's an issue with bigger screens or dual monitors (at the moment I only have PPC laptops), so the more context you give the easier it will be to work it out.

We've also just released a new 2.7.0 release for PPC, does it fix the problem, by chance?
​https://downloads.scummvm.org/frs/scummvm/2.7.0/scummvm-2.7.0-macosx-ppc.dmg

[dwatteau]

Also, please make sure that you have the "Millions of colors" setting enabled in your OSX system preferences.

[jamie-marchant]

Yes the "Millions of colors" was the problem. I had it set to Thesonds.

[jamie-marchant]

I am still getting this in 2.8.0 and think it's a bug because the error only shows up on a terminal instead of showing a dailog box that says "this software requires millions of colours." This is what other software on the OS would do.

[dwatteau]

Replying to jamie-marchant:

I am still getting this in 2.8.0 and think it's a bug because the error only shows up on a terminal instead of showing a dailog box that says "this software requires millions of colours." This is what other software on the OS would do.

You're right in reopining this ticket; from a user perspective, it's hard to know that this setting needs to be changed. I'm also aware of another user on Twitter reporting this behavior.

I won't have the time to look into this and fix this for the moment, but if someone wants to provide a patch to improve this, it is of course welcome!

[jamie-marchant]

I can't get Scummvm to compile on my old Mac, so it can't be me.

[jamie-marchant]

I am not sure where to put this but this still happens on version 2.8.1.