[Wine]Running a game in full screen mode?

[Rick Knight]

Hiji,

What desktop are you using? In KDE, you can slide the menu out of the
way. If you are using KDE, look for a button on the far right of the
menu bar.

Rick Knight


Hiji wrote:

>Many thanks...  I tried the config, which brought the
>game to fullscreen, but now I can no longer use the
>keyboard.  There's no winning! :)
>
>I wonder if there is a shortcut on Suse to remove the
>menu bars.  Because, without editing the config file,
>the game will run in a normal window, and then I press
>alt-enter, and the game will go to full screen. 
>However, then the OS menu bars are on top of the game!
>
>Who know about Wine these days?  V1 is supposed to be
>released in the next few weeks.  So, hopefully, those
>old bugs will be ironed out.
>
>Thanks again,
>Hiji
>
>--- Rick Knight <rick_knight at rlknight.com> wrote:
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>>Hiji,
>>
>>My only reason for using wine is Half-Life. I use
>>CXOffice for all other
>>Win apps that I need to run. For Half-Life, the only
>>wine version that
>>works correctly is 20031016. Yes, October 2003.
>>Every couple of months I
>>try the latest wine, but the results are always the
>>same, a critical
>>function does not work, usually save game, load game
>>and new game. I had
>>hoped that the change to registry only, no config,
>>might make things
>>work, but no, I still have to use 20031016. Perhaps
>>you should try
>>different "legacy" versions until you find one that
>>works satisfactorily?
>>
>>Before anyone suggests I try debugging wine versions
>>after 20031016 to
>>see where things broke, I did try that but could not
>>find any one change
>>that caused the problem. Apparently a lot of things
>>were changed around
>>the end of 2003.
>>
>>Anyway, good luck,
>>Rick Knight
>>
>>Hiji wrote:
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>>>Hi Rick,
>>>
>>>Thanks for the feedback, but is there a way to do
>>>      
>>>
>>it
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>>>via the commandline?  As you know, as of this
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>>month's
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>>>release, the config file has been permanently
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>>removed.
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>>>Thanks!
>>>Hiji
>>>
>>>--- Rick Knight <rick_knight at rlknight.com> wrote:
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>>> 
>>>
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>>>>Make sure the game's configuration options are set
>>>>to full screen. If
>>>>they are but the game is still starting in
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>>>>
>>windowed
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>>>>mode, check the wine
>>>>config file and set "Managed" = "No". You may also
>>>>have to change the
>>>>"Desktop" = parameter in config. Also, this
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>>>>
>>applies
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>>
>>>>wine versions prior
>>>>to 06/2005.
>>>>
>>>>Good Luck
>>>>Rick Knight
>>>>
>>>>Hiji wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>>>I know --full-screen is the right option, so
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>which
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>>>>>>is
>>>>>>it? 
>>>>>>  
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>>>>>>       
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>>>>>>            
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>>>>>I mean, it ISN'T the right option.  Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>Hiji
>>>>>
>>>>>
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