Error trying to run the GOG version headless on ubuntu...

[MarisaG]

I am trying to run this as a BBS door on my Ubuntu BBS. While the installer properly ran in ANSI mode in the shell, the actual game fails like this:

root@amigacity:/sbbs/doors/adom# ./start.sh
Running ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
<2019-10-06 07:08:31> INFO : Creating background process
Failed to initialize SDL: 'No available video device'
ADOM Deluxe (version 3.3.3) - (C) 1994-2019 by Thomas Biskup
set minsize to = (800,600)
support/gog_com.shlib: line 94: 5006 Segmentation fault (core dumped) ./"${bin_64}"

What do I need to do to not use SDL?

Thx!
Marisa

[jt]

You can't run the GOG version without a graphical display (this is what SDL is used for). You should have better luck using the free ASCII version you can download from here: https://www.adom.de/home/downloads.html

It can be run from a shell and uses the "Curses" library to render the display.