pygame.error: No available video device

Question

I have this setup:

 $ python -V
Python 2.7.2+
 $ python -c \"import pygame; print pygame.__version__\"
1.9.1release

When I run a pygame scr

Answer 1

On Linux you can solve the problem using x11.

Verify that your SDL was built with x11 support, otherwise build it yourself only after that you added some libraries in this way:

sudo apt install xorg-dev libx11-dev libgl1-mesa-glx

Maybe xorg-dev already installs libx11-dev

Build SDL from source and enjoy