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pygame.error: /etc/timidity.cfg: No such file or directory - lsepolis123 - Aug-22-2019
run a script game in pygame in Zorin OS Linux system 32-bit
THIS Tetris game tetromino.py works with background sound midi files, splash screen startup after installing pygame but after pressing a button to START GAME getting an error... how make midi playable...?
Tried to run from CLI...
leonidas@leonidas-PCV-RZ20C-UC:~/Downloads/makinggames$ python3 tetromino.py
pygame 1.9.6
Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "tetromino.py", line 506, in <module>
main()
File "tetromino.py", line 172, in main
pygame.mixer.music.load('tetrisc.mid')
pygame.error: /etc/timidity.cfg: No such file or directory
leonidas@leonidas-PCV-RZ20C-UC:~/Downloads/makinggames$
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RE: pygame.error: /etc/timidity.cfg: No such file or directory - metulburr - Aug-22-2019
That python script may require and extra dependency. You might be missing the timidity package. Although you would have to install it under whatever package manager Zorin uses.
http://timidity.sourceforge.net/#info
RE: pygame.error: /etc/timidity.cfg: No such file or directory - lsepolis123 - Aug-23-2019
Since Zorin OS based on Ubuntu
I used
sudo apt install timidity # success Linux Zorin OS
now the Python 3 game plays midi ok
all ok