I'm new to the Ubuntu realm. Currently i'm using Linux Mint 12 with Wine 1.4 and PLAYONLINUX as game loading/playing programs. Video card is MSI GeForce FX5200 (NVIDIA) and is 3d enabled. I can play "Call of Duty 5 demo just fine.

My real love is the Age of Empires series games.

I loaded the WINE version of AOE 1 demo. No sound and no picture. Black screen with "Out of Range" window in red.

I loaded my CD version of AOE 1 through PLAYONLINUX. I get the sound just fine but again the black screen with "Out of Range" window in red.

I have used all the monitor settings in both the "settings" and in winecfg. None of the eight monitor options worked in any combination.

I have checked all the questions and blogs on this error and tried all I found and no one seems to come up with a real fix.

I guess I need to know exactly what the "Out of Range" means.

Any help? Anywhere? Thanks