Problem with pygame on Maverick beta

Kyle kyle4jesus at gmail.com
Mon Sep 20 02:14:45 UTC 2010


  I just upgraded to Ubuntu Maverick beta. I have an audio game on my 
system that is written in Python and uses the pygame module to play 
sounds. On my previous test install of Linux Mint 9, which is based on 
Lucid, the game worked fairly well. However on Ubuntu Maverick I get the 
following error when I run the program:

kyle at ubuntu:~/rsgames$ ./Play.sh
there is no soundcard
Fatal Python error: (pygame parachute) Segmentation Fault
./Play.sh: line 4:  2049 Aborted                 (core dumped) python 
rsg.pyc

Unfortunately I'm unsure how to debug this particular issue, since the 
code for the game I have is currently not freely available. I have tried 
installing everything from alternative SDL sound libraries to OSS4, all 
with no luck. Google was no help either, as someone else who was having 
a similar problem solved it by modifying Python code to initialize the 
mixer twice, which unfortunately I am unable to test with this game. Am 
I somehow missing a package that I had in Mint 9 that isn't installed by 
default on Ubuntu Maverick? If not, is there a bug in pygame in the 
Maverick beta? If I need to file a bug, do I file it against pygame, SDL 
or some other package? Any help is greately appreciated.

~Kyle




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