Bug#541681: extremetuxracer: Black screen - extreme tux racer freezes the screen

[Steve Cotton]

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 04:40:21PM +0200, Stefano Simonucci wrote:
> If I try to star etracer I get a black screen. The desktop is frozen. 
> I  must restart the X-server again to do anything. 

Hi Stefano,

Does the "einstein" package do the same when run in full-screen
mode?

Any error messages on your monitor (if it has a status panel
separate to the screen)?

I have this with several full-screen games, combined with a
GeForce 6600, LG LCD monitor and the Nvidia driver.  The card is
auto-detecting a video mode that my monitor doesn't support,
chosing 800x600 with too high a refresh rate, and the monitor's
protection mechanism ignores the input signal.
I haven't looked in to whether the fault is in the card, the
monitor or the driver.

Full-screen games that are in a different size than 800x600 work
fine for me.  Does that match what's happening for you?

Regards,
Steve