Can't Play Games...?

Since installing the last update for Ubuntu 10.10, I can not play SuperTuxKart, SuperTux, Secret Maryo Chronicles, etc.in my Ubuntu netbook Has anyone else had the same problem...???

First of all i should say that ubuntu 10.10 is not a nice version, i know many ubuntu lovers still using 10.04 because they know what kind of problems 10.10 can cause them, actually i installed 10.10 once and as it was completely unable to detect and install device driver for my lan adapter so i just downgraded to 10.04 again (and it recognizes my lan adapter by default). so do not think that there is something wrong with the procedure you go, it may be related to the 10.10 itself, so my first suggestion is that try ubuntu 11.04 beta, i have tested it and it is better than 10.10 and i think your problem will be solved in it, so try it.You said you can not play these games but you have not said anything else, what type of error do you get ? what do you mean by you can not play, what happens when you try to run the game ? answering these questions is really necessary for me to be able to say what is wrong with your current OS. how you installed them ? installing using synaptic is recommended because it will get the latest version and compatible one if available and of course you can try to reinstall the newer version (because the games you have said are updating regularly) to see if the problem is related to your version. i think the latest version for supertux is 0.7 so if you have earlier version then try to use the latest one. i was not able to play Secret Maryo Chronicles on my ubuntu 10.04 and i never was able to fix it and i never found what was wrong with it but now in ubuntu 11.04 beta i have no problem running it, this is why i suggest you to test 11.04. of course the release is still beta and you should not use it as your main OS, but for running such games it is a good release and pretty fast. another thing that i was facing is that the driver of your graphic card in ubuntu 10.10 should be updated to its latest version for being able to play any game, if you have nvidia graphic card get the latest driver (which is not opensource) from their website (it is a .run file) and install it on your OS.In the end if your problem exist then you can go to specific forums made for each game and say your problem, this is a huge advantage of every game and software that releases for linux that you can find the staffs around in their websites for free and ask your questions from them.

Pleasant sharing ..................