Can't set video mode?

[Noether]

Output of "sudo zsnes "<romname>":

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ZSNES v1.51, (c) 1997-2007, ZSNES Team
Be sure to check http://www.zsnes.com/ for the latest version.

ZSNES is written by the ZSNES Team (See AUTHORS.TXT)
ZSNES comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software,
and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
please read 'LICENSE.TXT' thoroughly before doing so.

Use ZSNES -? for command line definitions.

Starting Mouse detection.
ManyMouse: 2 mice detected.
Using ManyMouse for:
Mouse 0: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse
Mouse 1: Macintosh mouse button emulation
File opened successfully !
Could not set 512x448 video mode: No available video device

How do I fix this? (Running on Ubuntu 9.04, installed from synaptic)

(Also, I don't have 2 mice, so I don't know what's going on there.)

[Deathlike2]

It sounds like you're missing a lib or two or you need to close an app or two.

Edit:

Start here

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=No ... oq=&aqi=g3

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=No ... f&oq=&aqi=

It's not a ZSNES issue, but something you need to do on your end.

Your mice "issue" is probably that you are using a laptop or something where the touchpad mouse is detected as well.

[Nach]

Output of "sudo zsnes "<romname>":

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ZSNES v1.51, (c) 1997-2007, ZSNES Team
Be sure to check http://www.zsnes.com/ for the latest version.

ZSNES is written by the ZSNES Team (See AUTHORS.TXT)
ZSNES comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software,
and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
please read 'LICENSE.TXT' thoroughly before doing so.

Use ZSNES -? for command line definitions.

Starting Mouse detection.
ManyMouse: 2 mice detected.
Using ManyMouse for:
Mouse 0: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse
Mouse 1: Macintosh mouse button emulation
File opened successfully !
Could not set 512x448 video mode: No available video device

How do I fix this? (Running on Ubuntu 9.04, installed from synaptic)

(Also, I don't have 2 mice, so I don't know what's going on there.)

Why are you using sudo?

I'm not even sure if root via sudo can access video cards.
You may have to run "xhost +" first.

[Noether]

Okay, the main problem has been solved. I completely removed zsnes and libsdl, installed libsdl from source, and installed zsnes via synaptic. It appears to work fine.

Still getting the two-mouse thing; I'm not on a laptop. It doesn't appear to cause any problems, though; it's just weird.

[odditude]

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Mouse 1: Macintosh mouse button emulation

mmm, that magic word "emulation"

you have a software mouse emulator installed, and it's behaving as designed.