ATI drivers will not stretch overlay over entire screen.

kslen · 12-15-2008, 07:32 PM

Hai there.

I'm having some trouble with the ATI drivers and fullscreen games.

No matter the resolution, the screen still displays 1440x900 which means I'm stuck with black bars around the overlay which renders at whatever lower resolution.

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Simple Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse1" "CoreMouse"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

#    ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	SubSection "extmod"
		Option	    "xfree86-dga"
	EndSubSection
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "freetype"
        #Load  "speedo"
	Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard1"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XbdModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse1"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/mouse"
	Option	    "CorePointer"
	Option	    "Resolution" "1000"
	Option	    "SampleRate" "500Hz"
	Option	    "Sensitivity" "0.75"
	Option	    "Buttons" "8"
	Option	    "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7 8"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 81.0
	VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Samsung 940BW"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "DesktopSetup" "horizontal"
	Option	    "OverlayOnCRTC2" "0"
	Option	    "ForceMonitors" "lvds"
	Option	    "Centermode" "off"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "off"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "on"
	BusID       "PCI:3:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Anyone spot the obvious mistake or lack of options?

symatic · 12-15-2008, 08:18 PM

It doesn't really sound like a driver issue as it does a game issue. I have ran a few games with the fglrx and not suffered the issue you explain. I also run dual monitors. The opengl and video overlays are depreciated and textured video is now the default. That is from what I have read.

Have you tried not using these.

Code:

	Option	    "OverlayOnCRTC2" "0"
	Option	    "ForceMonitors" "lvds"
	Option	    "Centermode" "off"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "off"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "on"

Also try disabling AIGLX and compositing, unless this is something you use. I have heard those cause some rendering issues. Im shooting in the dark here but I thought I would throw out some suggestions.

kslen · 12-15-2008, 09:09 PM

This is actually an aspect ratio issue.

Changed my resolution from 1280x800 to 1280x720, whammo. Fullscreen.

Sometimes Slackware makes me want to hide in shame...

Thanks for the suggestion none the less, man. I guess my sight were set a bit too hard on xorg.conf, not the simple things... ^^

kslen · 12-15-2008, 09:27 PM

And yes, it seems that your assumption about this being a game specific issue is true aswell.

War§ow 0.42 still refuses to render over the entire screen.

After poking around a bit more and finally got to testing out War§ow, I noticed this in the console after changing between resolutions.

Code:

..XFree86-VidMode Extension Version 2.2
..XFree86-Xinerama Extension Version 1.1
..Got colorbits 24, depthbits 24, stencilbits 0
Xinerama: Using screen 0: 1440x900+0+0

This is after changing to the 1280x720 resolution which works perfectly in fullscreen with other games. I do get to use the 1280x720 resolution, but the black bars are there and the screen tells me the same as Xinerama does. 1440x900. Arrhrhhrhrhhrhh.....

Anyone know how to pry Xinerama or War§ow into 1280x720?