On Wednesday 02 May 2001 07:59, vahlas wrote: > I have a working and logical solution to the gaming problem, I have > explained to someone on Mandrakeuser. > > The problem is clear by now, see other threads: mode switching doesn't work > with DRI enabled. > By the way DRI is enabled if you're using a 16 bit color depth. > But games using DRI are unplayable without it (way too slow) i.e. in higher > color depths. > > What happens is that if you launch a game in fullscreen mode whose default > resolution is different from th current resolution, it will try to switch > its default mode and crash the X server. > > So you must either force window mode by some command line parameter or by > editing the config file of the game or force the game to use a different > resolution from the beginning by one of the two wyas above. > > With tuxracer I couldn't find aby command line parameter and the .tuxracer > directory containing the options file gets created only if you run it > successfully once. I didn't check if there was some default options file > somewhere, so here is what I did: > > configured X to run in 24 bits color depth (edit XF86Config-4, don't rely > on XFDrak) > restarted X , aunched tuxracer and quit ( with some patience since mouse > movement is awfull). > reconfigured X to 16 bits DefaultColorDepth, restarted X, and modified the > .tuxracer/options file : > set x_resolution 1024 ( my x resolution) > set y_resolution 768 ( my y resolution) > or alternatively > set fullscreen false (from memory, I'm not on my home linux box right now). > Played tuxracer. > > A bit stupid but worked very fine for me and a friend of mine. > Theoretical advantage: consistent with the understanding of the problem. > > I managed to play gltron in fullscreen as well with command line options to > set the resolution. ( You may try that first, if it works the rest will > follow). > > General rule: since the X server won't adapt its resolution to the program > being run, adapt the program's resolution to that of your screen. > > Good luck > good luck That is NOt a fix, that is avoidance ( must admit that i used the same trick to get UT working) . As far as i can tell, all my voodoo function is there until i mess with kde control centre or any/some of mandrakes config applets. Even where settings being change are totally unrelated to video???????. I can be more specific because continually crashing my penguin to prove a point seems cruel:). What i can say is this....once u get the voodoo working ( by fair means or foul) just reboot, do your game playing and then get on woth your other linux stuff. Do not decied to have a quick blast at tuxracer after u have been using linux for a while. it goes boom. looks like it sould well be kde from what otheres have said, however, ( thread had arrived here in pieces..thanks email:() i am a litle confused as to why the login manager itself is under suspicion. is this not like blaming a plane crash on the tree you landed in:) ( dont bother shouting at me, i know that u must have a good reason)
