Error In Pygame "hello World" Program Mac Os 10.8

I am running Pygame in Mountain Lion. I think it is all installed correctly as I can import the module without any errors. When I try and run a very simple program I get an excepti

Solution 1:

It may be that the SDL video driver is not initialized properly. First make sure pygame.init() returns (6,0). This should tell you if everything is initialized properly. If not, you can check what video driver it is using pygame.display.get_driver(). If it is not using the right driver for your machine, you can change it by setting the environment variable os.environ['SDL_VIDEODRIVER']= to one of the following x11, dga, fbcon, directfb, ggi, vgl, svgalib, aalib (from pygame documentation), depending on the drivers available.

Have a look at pygame FAQ on how to change the video driver.