Full-screen Game Problems

node357 · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 4:44 am Post subject: Full-screen Game Problems

When I run a game like PrBoom or OpenArena, I can't get fullscreen without upping the game resolution to the desktop resolution which is 1280x1024. If I don't, it appears in a small window in the middle of the screen, surrounded by a black background. I tried this with nv driver as well as nvidia and the problem persists. Games run terrible at 1280x1024, what can I do?

gr00ve · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject:

which vid card is this?
also post your xorg conf if possible.

what about Tremulous - does that also fail to run with regular res, if you can give it a shot?

node357 · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject:

The card is nVidia GeForce 7600 GS. Here's a link to xorg.conf. I just installed Tremulous and the same thing happens, it's in a little window surrounded by black space.

gr00ve · Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 1:56 pm Post subject:

i've got a gf7900, following config works properly for all games i've tried so far incl. the ones with wine/cedega, give it a shot.

on the other hand, i have another puter with diff hardware - if i try to run any games there, as soon as resolution in game exceeds res + refresh rate of the monitor games do run like you said in given resolution but smaller and surrounded by black, so from my point of view it is moni which causes this not vid card.

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"

# Load "record"
# Load "GLCore"
# Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
# Load "fbdevhw"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "AOC"
ModelName "AOC9G"
HorizSync 30.0 - 95.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7900 GS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x1024_85 +0+0; CRT: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT: 1024x768 +0+0; CRT: 800x600 +0+0"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
# Option "RenderAccel" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

node357 · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject:

I tried your config but got "no screens found". :(

node357 · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:58 am Post subject:

Anyone?

node357 · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:04 am Post subject:

Anybody???