In trying to run the game Braid, I get a black screen and a mouse cursor, which I then have to kill.

I donwloaded the game .deb via the humble bundle, ran it and software center open, dl'ed an extra 18.x Mb and said the game was installed.

I have tried numerous things, like running it windowed (/opt/braid/braid -windowed
) and with specific resolution (as suggested here), but it does not solve the problem. I have also tried running it sudo as suggested somewhere.

I get the same error no matter what:

i915_program_error: Exceeded max nr indirect texture lookups (8 out of
4)

i915_program_error: Exceeded max nr indirect texture lookups (8 out
of 4)

i915_program_error: Exceeded max ALU instructions (83 out of 64)

while it's running, and after killing it I get:

X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)

Major opcode of failed request: 136 (DRI2)

Minor opcode of failed request: 8 (DRI2SwapBuffers )

Resource id in failed request: 0x3e0000f

Serial number of failed request: 158

Current serial number in output stream: 158

I have

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

and System Info under graphics says my driver is Intel® 945GM x86/MMX/SSE2.

I run a clean install of Ubuntu 11.10, installed on a laptop with an external monitor.

What does the error message mean, and can I solve this problem and play the game?

Kind regards, and thanks in advance for any suggestions.
-- R