minimal init program not working

[technologist]

In the following code my goal is to initialize without an error. I am using the simplest, most minimal code possible (as far as I know):
Code :

#include<GL/glut.h>
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	glutInit(&argc, argv);
	return 1;
}

glut32.dll in same folder as .exe

compiles fine, error:
3d_initialize.exe stopped working

[keskiverto]

Your program returns value 1. For shell 0 means success, anything else (like 1) means failure.

Not sure whether that is your problem.

[technologist]

return 0

didn't change result.

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gdb: unknown target exception 0xc0000139 at 0x7701d4c2

I'm not very adept at debugging, but there it is.

[jonnin]

what did you type in for the command line parameters?

[technologist]

if u mean argc and *argv I let them carry from the int main command line parameters. I also tried making main(int argc, char*argv[]) "normal" by removing the arguments from main() and by substituting dummy arguments in glutInit etc (or something like that):

int main()
{
  int argc = 1;
  char *argv[1] = {(char*)"Something"};
  glutInit(&argc, argv);
...
}

still crashes at runtime

[technologist]

Amazingly, the addition of the following parameter completely resolved the problem and resulted in a running program:

#define GLUT_DISABLE_ATEXIT_HACK 

to before the .h

#include <iostream>
#define GLUT_DISABLE_ATEXIT_HACK
#include <GL/glut.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	std::cout<<"Hello GL World"<<std::endl;
	glutInit(&argc, argv);
	return 0;
}

MUST put a copy of glut32.dll in the same folder as project .exe or the runtime error will continue but for a different reason.

Here is the dummy argument version as above. But you have to add the #define GLUT_DISABLE_ATEXIT_HACK BEFORE #include <GL/glut.h>:

#include <iostream>
#define GLUT_DISABLE_ATEXIT_HACK
<GL/glut.h>

int main()
{
  int argc = 1;
  char *argv[1] = {(char*)"Something"};
  glutInit(&argc, argv);
...
}