From 14063249ab2369b2c8ab7edd5216b1596d541372 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: anarcat Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 12:00:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Propose installing SDL on Linux (#3753) "hardware abstraction" didn't mean anything for me when I tried the emulator at first on Debian. In #2621, it was proposed to suggest installing SDL. --- frontend/device.lua | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/frontend/device.lua b/frontend/device.lua index 11d3c73ac..2f03f270d 100644 --- a/frontend/device.lua +++ b/frontend/device.lua @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ local function probeDevice() -- return require("device/newport/device") -- end - error("did not find a hardware abstraction for this platform") + error("Could not find hardware abstraction for this platform. If you are trying to run the emulator, please ensure SDL is installed.") end local dev = probeDevice()