Accelerated games screw up fullscreen...

[AndrewLubinus89]

Like tux racer and quake 3. When I change the resolution to 640X480 it works fine. I then change the quake 3 resolution to 1024x768 and it works fine fullscreen. Any way to get around this?? (so I don't have to edit my xf86config all the time..)

[bosox79]

so every game defaults to 640X480 what is your resoulaition sp? set to for normally? does your resoulaition change at any other time? what distro are you running?

[bwkaz]

Could you, um, maybe define "screw up", please? ;)

[AndrewLubinus89]

Screw up: displays garbage....what more to say?
No my resolution never changes...is there a way the games can change X resolution and then change it back when they are done like windows games (counter strike under wine changes my resolution and then I have to restart my x server)? I think ctrl-alt-+/- was supposed to let you change on the fly but it doesn't work for me (even after xvidtune unlock)....

[rbrimhall]

You can change the tux racer resolution in ~/.tuxracer.... I have mine set to 1680x1050...

[bwkaz]

Originally posted by AndrewLubinus89
Screw up: displays garbage....what more to say? You don't need to say anything more than that, but you do need to say that. Thank you.

:)

What video card do you have, and are you using the proper accelerated drivers for that card?

is there a way the games can change X resolution and then change it back when they are done Yes, it's called XVidMode.

To see if your X server supports it (almost all of them do, but hey, you never know), do an xdpyinfo | grep VidModeExtension. If you see XFree86-VidModeExtension printed out, then your X server supports it. If you see nothing, then your X server doesn't support it.

You also need all the resolutions that you're going to use defined in your XF86Config Screen section...

[bosox79]

Yes, it's called XVidMode.XVidMode.

To see if your X server supports it (almost all of them do, but hey, you never know), do an xdpyinfo | grep VidModeExtension. If you see XFree86-VidModeExtension printed out, then your X server supports it. If you see nothing, then your X server doesn't support it.

You also need all the resolutions that you're going to use defined in your XF86Config Screen section...

bwkaz,

Thanks for that info I did'nt know about XVidMode

:)

[AndrewLubinus89]

Apparently it was an ion problem. Fixed it. I would have tested it with a different wm but I didn't have one at the time. :D Thanks for the info on the xvidtune extension though....