How-To: Open New Screen in Fedora Linux using X-Server?

Silvine · 09-12-2014, 01:02 AM

HI! Im new here. I recently seen a real cool video game open a screen with its own resolution, even on exit the screen resolution stayed the same altering the desktop configuration! Haha.

Neat!

Hows it done?

smallpond · 09-12-2014, 08:28 AM

You can change resolution from the command line with xrandr. This program calls functions in the Xrandr library.

Silvine · 09-13-2014, 01:49 AM

Can I see an example code snippet using the library so I can use it in my own scripts?

EDIT:

Sorry, I've just woken up. I mean, how do I open a custom SCREEN (similar to a full screen window but more of a screen with direct writing ability with cairo or something similar?)

John VV · 09-13-2014, 01:35 PM

WHAT is the games name ?
where did you get it

it sounds like it is a OLD SDL game like "lbreakeout"

For that game it is a bug in the OLD and unsupported code

Silvine · 09-14-2014, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John VV

WHAT is the games name ?
where did you get it

it sounds like it is a OLD SDL game like "lbreakeout"

For that game it is a bug in the OLD and unsupported code

OLD? It was a 2D Platformer. So, yeah, maybe old?

Also, I got the game from the Fedora repos.

John VV · 09-14-2014, 02:08 AM

Well WHAT is the name of this UNKNOWN game ???????

Silvine · 09-14-2014, 06:24 AM

Hi John, I'd have to travel to the bottom of town to find out. And, quite frankly, I am not willing to do that right now.