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

Wild guess - is the DISPLAY environment variable set and/or required by the library, and not available? This could be the case if you're ssh-ing into the Linux machine you're running this on without providing the -X option.