SDL_WM_SetCaption not working

Question

any idea why the following code isn't working? Nothing happens when it's called, the window title is still untitled. I'm on Ubuntu linux.

SDL_Init( SDL_INIT_VIDEO );
    SDL_WM_SetCaption("Window Title", "Icon Title");
    SDL_Surface* screen =  SDL_SetVideoMode( 512, 512, 32, SDL_HWSURFACE | SDL_DOUBLEBUF );
    Vector2 center =  Vector2(256,256);
    const char* c =  "test";
    SDL_WM_SetCaption( c, 0 );
    SDL_Event event;

Answer 1

Make your first call to SDL_WM_SetCaption after SDL_SetVideoMode has been called. Also, remove the second test call. If you are using SDL 1.3, (it sounds like you are using 1.2, so you can probably ignore this), call SDL_SetWindowTitle: