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Old 01-31-2015, 12:00 AM   #1
jonnyog
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Registered: Sep 2013
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Question SolarWolf in fullscreen displays at only 800x600


Hi, I ma converting poeple to Linux one laptop at a time
I Installed LXLE 12.5.4 on to a AcerTravelMAte4200. everything okay except When I run games like SolarWolf in fullscreen mode it only displays on 800x600 resolution. after exiting conky has moved. It looks bad as this laptop is for a customer.

To solveI tried the folowing
1) create xorg.conf.new with
Code:
sudo X :2 -configure
i get the following output
Code:
Using config file: "/home/grainne/xorg.conf.new"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
  Configuration failed.
 ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file.
i created my own /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the file and some other info so it looks like this
Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
	Screen      2  "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
	FontPath     "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
	FontPath     "built-ins"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dri2"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
	Modeline "1280x800_60.00"   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor1"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
	Modeline "1280x800_60.00"   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor2"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
	Modeline "1280x800_60.00"   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
        ### <percent>: "<f>%"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "DRI"                	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "FallbackDebug"      	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Tiling"             	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "LinearFramebuffer"  	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Shadow"             	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SwapbuffersWait"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "TripleBuffer"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMC"               	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvPreferOverlay"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DebugFlushBatches"  	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DebugFlushCaches"   	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DebugWait"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "HotPlug"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "RelaxedFencing"     	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "intel"
	BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
        ### <percent>: "<f>%"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"             	# <str>
        #Option     "fbdev"              	# <str>
        #Option     "debug"              	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card1"
	Driver      "fbdev"
	BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
        ### <percent>: "<f>%"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen" 	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card2"
	Driver      "vesa"
	BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen1"
	Device     "Card1"
	Monitor    "Monitor1"
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen2"
	Device     "Card2"
	Monitor    "Monitor2"
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Modes	"1280x800_60.00"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection
I tried several possibilities of removing the extra screens and monitors which don't exist and I restart X with
Code:
sudo pkill X
but the problem is persisting everytime

Any ideas? help much appreciated
 
Old 01-31-2015, 12:49 AM   #2
jonnyog
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Registered: Sep 2013
Posts: 20

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the problem is confined to the games installed on lxle which tend to be retro in nature, like solarwolf which only idsplays fullscreen in 800x600, Critical Mass and Chromium BSU don't recognise my 1280x800 screen but default to 800x600 -i havesolar wolf on a newer acer and it fullscreens no problem - fullscreen for vlc and youtube is also fine
 
  


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