instalei o zsnes tanto no ubuntu como no kubuntu 8.10 e ele nao roda, olha o erro no ubuntu:
luizlcds@luizlcds-desktop:~$ zsnes
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.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event6. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event5. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event2. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event3. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event4. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event1. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
Unable to poll /dev/input/event0. Make sure you have read permissions to it.
ManyMouse: 0 mice detected.
*** buffer overflow detected ***: zsnes terminated
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x48)[0xb7bf2558]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0xb7bf0680]
zsnes[0x8056c1b]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-08303000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2838539 /usr/bin/zsnes
08303000-08304000 r--p 002ba000 08:07 2838539 /usr/bin/zsnes
08304000-08343000 rw-p 002bb000 08:07 2838539 /usr/bin/zsnes
08343000-088f7000 rw-p 08343000 00:00 0
092fd000-0936f000 rw-p 092fd000 00:00 0 [heap]
b5d79000-b6887000 rw-p b5d79000 00:00 0
b6887000-b68a9000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836107 /usr/lib/libaudiofile.so.0.0.2
b68a9000-b68ac000 rw-p 00021000 08:07 2836107 /usr/lib/libaudiofile.so.0.0.2
b68be000-b68e6000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 344176 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
b68e6000-b68e7000 r--p 00027000 08:07 344176 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
b68e7000-b68e8000 rw-p 00028000 08:07 344176 /lib/libpcre.so.3.12.1
b68e8000-b699d000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836374 /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1800.2
b699d000-b699e000 r--p 000b4000 08:07 2836374 /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1800.2
b699e000-b699f000 rw-p 000b5000 08:07 2836374 /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.1800.2
b699f000-b69a3000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836504 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.1800.2
b69a3000-b69a4000 r--p 00003000 08:07 2836504 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.1800.2
b69a4000-b69a5000 rw-p 00004000 08:07 2836504 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.1800.2
b69a5000-b69a8000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836388 /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.1800.2
b69a8000-b69a9000 r--p 00002000 08:07 2836388 /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.1800.2
b69a9000-b69aa000 rw-p 00003000 08:07 2836388 /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.1800.2
b69aa000-b6a6d000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836097 /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
b6a6d000-b6a6f000 r--p 000c2000 08:07 2836097 /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
b6a6f000-b6a72000 rw-p 000c4000 08:07 2836097 /usr/lib/libasound.so.2.0.0
b6a72000-b6a74000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2859378 /usr/lib/ao/plugins-2/liboss.so
b6a74000-b6a76000 rw-p 00001000 08:07 2859378 /usr/lib/ao/plugins-2/liboss.so
b6a76000-b6a7f000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836264 /usr/lib/libesd.so.0.2.39
b6a7f000-b6a80000 r--p 00008000 08:07 2836264 /usr/lib/libesd.so.0.2.39
b6a80000-b6a81000 rw-p 00009000 08:07 2836264 /usr/lib/libesd.so.0.2.39
b6a81000-b6a82000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2859376 /usr/lib/ao/plugins-2/libesd.so
b6a82000-b6a84000 rw-p 00000000 08:07 2859376 /usr/lib/ao/plugins-2/libesd.so
b6a84000-b6ad1000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836064 /usr/lib/libXt.so.6.0.0
b6ad1000-b6ad5000 rw-p 0004c000 08:07 2836064 /usr/lib/libXt.so.6.0.0
b6ad5000-b6aeb000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2837789 /usr/lib/libaudio.so.2.4
b6aeb000-b6aec000 r--p 00015000 08:07 2837789 /usr/lib/libaudio.so.2.4
b6aec000-b6aed000 rw-p 00016000 08:07 2837789 /usr/lib/libaudio.so.2.4
b6aed000-b6af7000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 361484 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.8.90.so
b6af7000-b6af8000 r--p 00009000 08:07 361484 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.8.90.so
b6af8000-b6af9000 rw-p 0000a000 08:07 361484 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.8.90.so
b6af9000-b6b02000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 361488 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.8.90.so
b6b02000-b6b03000 r--p 00008000 08:07 361488 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.8.90.so
b6b03000-b6b04000 rw-p 00009000 08:07 361488 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.8.90.so
b6b04000-b6b19000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 361478 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.8.90.so
b6b19000-b6b1a000 r--p 00014000 08:07 361478 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.8.90.so
b6b1a000-b6b1b000 rw-p 00015000 08:07 361478 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.8.90.so
b6b1b000-b6b1d000 rw-p b6b1b000 00:00 0
b6b1f000-b6b20000 rw-p b6b1f000 00:00 0
b6b20000-b6b25000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2838259 /usr/lib/libartsc.so.0.0.0
b6b25000-b6b26000 r--p 00004000 08:07 2838259 /usr/lib/libartsc.so.0.0.0
b6b26000-b6b27000 rw-p 00005000 08:07 2838259 /usr/lib/libartsc.so.0.0.0
b6b27000-b6b28000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2859375 /usr/lib/ao/plugins-2/libarts.so
b6b28000-b6b2a000 rw-p 00000000 08:07 2859375 /usr/lib/ao/plugins-2/libarts.so
b6b2a000-b6b2d000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2859374 /usr/lib/ao/plugins-2/libalsa09.so
b6b2d000-b6b2f000 rw-p 00002000 08:07 2859374 /usr/lib/ao/plugins-2/libalsa09.so
b6b2f000-b6b32000 rw-p b6b2f000 00:00 0
b6b32000-b6b36000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836034 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b6b36000-b6b37000 rw-p 00003000 08:07 2836034 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b6b37000-b6b4e000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836967 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0
b6b4e000-b6b4f000 r--p 00016000 08:07 2836967 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0
b6b4f000-b6b50000 rw-p 00017000 08:07 2836967 /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1.0.0
b6b50000-b6b51000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836965 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
b6b51000-b6b52000 r--p 00000000 08:07 2836965 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
b6b52000-b6b53000 rw-p 00001000 08:07 2836965 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0.0.0
b6b53000-b6b55000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836023 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b6b55000-b6b56000 rw-p 00001000 08:07 2836023 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b6b56000-b6b57000 rw-p b6b56000 00:00 0
b6b57000-b6b5e000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 361497 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt-2.8.90.so
b6b5e000-b6b5f000 r--p 00007000 08:07 361497 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt-2.8.90.so
b6b5f000-b6b60000 rw-p 00008000 08:07 361497 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/librt-2.8.90.so
b6b60000-b6b63000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 344106 /lib/libcap.so.1.10
b6b63000-b6b64000 rw-p 00002000 08:07 344106 /lib/libcap.so.1.10
b6b64000-b6b79000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2835982 /usr/lib/libICE.so.6.3.0
b6b79000-b6b7a000 rw-p 00014000 08:07 2835982 /usr/lib/libICE.so.6.3.0
b6b7a000-b6b7c000 rw-p b6b7a000 00:00 0
b6b7c000-b6b83000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836011 /usr/lib/libSM.so.6.0.0
b6b83000-b6b84000 r--p 00006000 08:07 2836011 /usr/lib/libSM.so.6.0.0
b6b84000-b6b85000 rw-p 00007000 08:07 2836011 /usr/lib/libSM.so.6.0.0
b6b85000-b6c70000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836017 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b6c70000-b6c71000 r--p 000ea000 08:07 2836017 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b6c71000-b6c73000 rw-p 000eb000 08:07 2836017 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b6c73000-b6c75000 rw-p b6c73000 00:00 0
b6c75000-b6c82000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836038 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b6c82000-b6c84000 rw-p 0000c000 08:07 2836038 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b6c84000-b6c85000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2867898 /usr/lib/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.177.80
b6c85000-b6c86000 rw-p 00000000 08:07 2867898 /usr/lib/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.177.80
b6c86000-b7849000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2837261 /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.177.80
b7849000-b79ed000 rwxp 00bc3000 08:07 2837261 /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.177.80
b79ed000-b79f8000 rwxp b79ed000 00:00 0
b79f8000-b7a0b000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836220 /usr/lib/libdirect-1.0.so.0.1.0
b7a0b000-b7a0c000 r--p 00012000 08:07 2836220 /usr/lib/libdirect-1.0.so.0.1.0
b7a0c000-b7a0d000 rw-p 00013000 08:07 2836220 /usr/lib/libdirect-1.0.so.0.1.0
b7a0d000-b7a14000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836298 /usr/lib/libfusion-1.0.so.0.1.0
b7a14000-b7a15000 r--p 00006000 08:07 2836298 /usr/lib/libfusion-1.0.so.0.1.0
b7a15000-b7a16000 rw-p 00007000 08:07 2836298 /usr/lib/libfusion-1.0.so.0.1.0
b7a16000-b7a7a000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836222 /usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.0.so.0.1.0
b7a7a000-b7a7b000 r--p 00063000 08:07 2836222 /usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.0.so.0.1.0
b7a7b000-b7a7c000 rw-p 00064000 08:07 2836222 /usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.0.so.0.1.0
b7a7c000-b7a7d000 rw-p b7a7c000 00:00 0
b7a7d000-b7acb000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836795 /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0.4.1
b7acb000-b7acc000 r--p 0004d000 08:07 2836795 /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0.4.1
b7acc000-b7acd000 rw-p 0004e000 08:07 2836795 /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0.4.1
b7acd000-b7ad9000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 2836793 /usr/lib/libpulse-simple.so.0.0.1
b7ad9000-b7ada000 r--p 0000b000 08:07 2836793 /usr/lib/libpulse-simple.so.0.0.1
b7ada000-b7adb000 rw-p 0000c000 08:07 2836793 /usr/lib/libpulse-simple.so.0.0.1
b7adb000-b7add000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 361473 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.8.90.so
b7add000-b7ade000 r--p 00001000 08:07 361473 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.8.90.so
b7ade000-b7adf000 rw-p 00002000 08:07 361473 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl-2.8.90.so
b7adf000-b7af4000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 361493 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread-2.8.90.so
b7af4000-b7af5000 r--p 00014000 08:07 361493 /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthreCancelado
luizlcds@luizlcds-desktop:~$
o que pode ter ocasionado o erro, obrigado pela ajuda.
EDITADO COM A SOLUÇÃO:
Baixem uma versão anterior nesse link
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18798999/zsnes_1.510-0ubuntu1_i386.deb, desinstalem a versão atualmente instalada e instale esta versão que o problema se resolvera.
