can't run supertuxkart

[rybnik]

I installed the game supertuxkart from the repositories, but I am unable to run it. When I try the command "supertuxkart" (without quotes) in the terminal, I get the following output. Meanwhile, an empty window appears and then closes itself. Any ideas?

myname@computer_name:~$ supertuxkart
Irrlicht Engine version 1.7.2
Linux 3.2.0-37-generic-pae #58-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 24 15:51:02 UTC 2013 i686
[FileManager] Data files will be fetched from: '/usr/share/games/supertuxkart/'
[IrrDriver] Creating NULL device
Irrlicht Engine version 1.7.2
Linux 3.2.0-37-generic-pae #58-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 24 15:51:02 UTC 2013 i686
[IrrDriver] Trying OpenGL rendering.
[IrrDriver] Tring to create device with 32 bits
[IrrDriver Temp Logger] Level 2: GL_INVALID_ENUM
[IrrDriver Temp Logger] Level 2: Could not bind Texture
failure to revalidate BOs - badness
supertuxkart: ../../radeon/radeon_cs_gem.c:181: cs_gem_write_reloc: Assertion `boi->space_accounted' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)

[Snowhog]

SuperTuxKart is a 3D game. Do you have a graphics card that supports 3D?

[rybnik]

Ah, that would be it. I was unaware it was 3D. I don't have the hardware for that.

Thanks, Snow.

[claydoh]

Ah, that would be it. I was unaware it was 3D. I don't have the hardware for that.

Thanks, Snow.

Don't be so sure of that , what ya running?

[rybnik]

Don't be so sure of that , what ya running?

LOL, it's a 9 year old Dell laptop! sidenote: Kubuntu 12.04LTS is the only non-VM OS that I have on it. (I don't run Windows anymore, not even in VM.) My kubuntu install actually works fine on this rather old computer after I installed the "low fat" package. Your thread on that was very informative, btw.

On the subject of games, I found a very amusing one in the repositories called "kollision."

[Achaean]

Aborted (core dumped)

I got the same message in various games, although supertuxkart ran perfectly here.
I had problems with translation, so I switched the game language to English.

Anyway, I got this error message in some games which were be default went to full-screen mode.
I don't know though if it was an X-Windows or Nvidia drivers error.
I have an onboard Nvidia chip, but I don't think it's a hardware error, since I was able to run similar (not very demanding) games.