supertuxkart doesn't start anymore

[Bruno]

Binary package hint: supertuxkart

When I start supertuxkart from the menu nothing happens
when using a terminal the command returns following error :
bruno@bruno64:~$ supertuxkart
Data files will be fetched from: '/usr/share/games/supertuxkart/'
AL lib: alsa.c:785: no playback cards found...
AL lib: alsa.c:853: no capture cards found...
Highscores will be saved in '/home/bruno/.supertuxkart/highscore.data'.
SDL_SetVideoMode (1024x768) failed: Could not create GL context
AL lib: ALc.c:1302: exit() 1 device(s) and 1 context(s) NOT deleted
AL lib: alSource.c:2291: alcDestroyContext(): 2 Source(s) NOT deleted
AL lib: alBuffer.c:1097: exit() 23 Buffer(s) NOT deleted
bruno@bruno64:~$ ubuntu-bug supertuxkart

Tried so far:
re-install the package
completely remove package and re-install

the alsa-error is ok: I use OSS and sound is fine

STK worked after upgrading to 9.04 but stopped working after a big update (400+MB).

further info:
bruno@bruno64:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

bruno@bruno64:~$ apt-cache policy supertuxkart
supertuxkart:
  Geïnstalleerd: 0.6.1a+dfsg2-1
  Kandidaat: 0.6.1a+dfsg2-1
  Versietabel:
 *** 0.6.1a+dfsg2-1 0
        500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Trigger seems to have the same issue
bruno@bruno64:~$ trigger
Trigger init
Build: 0.5.2 on Sep 6 2008 at 15:43:47
Initialising PhysFS
Set writable user directory to "/home/bruno/"
Reset writable user directory to "/home/bruno/.trigger"
Application base directory "/usr/games/"
Main game data directory datadir="/usr/share/trigger-data"
Loading game configuration
Initialising SDL
Create window and set video mode
Failed to create window or set video mode
SDL error: Could not create GL context
Try changing your video settings in data/trigger.config

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: supertuxkart 0.6.1a+dfsg2-1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: supertuxkart
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64

[Christoph Egger (christoph-egger)]

Just a random Idea: Has your display an size of at least 1024x768? If
not, could you check if supertuxkart comes p if you edit
$HOME/.supertuxkart/config so width is set to 800 and height to 600?

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[Leo Arias (elopio)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test a current, supported, Ubuntu version. If you can test it, and it is still an issue, we would appreciate if you could upload updated logs by running apport-collect 370269, and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Bruno (bruaebd)]

Hi Leo,

The problem seems to have been an update that partially wrecked my nvidia driver (the proprietary version). I didn't notice it at first because usually when the driver is harmed by e.g. a new kernel, the driver doesn't work at all and the system uses the vesa driver (640*480 :-( ) which wasn't the case. The final solution was to completely remove the driver from my system and reinstall it.

Sorry for taking so long, I thought the ticket was closed long time ago. Rgrds Bruno

[Leo Arias (elopio)]

Hi Bruno,

Thanks for your reply. In this case, the issue should be marked as "Invalid", not as "Fix Relased". And you shouldn't be the asignee. You can read more about this on the documentation pages: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs

I don't have permissions to change this, so I'll ask somebody to do it.

pura vida.