[Wine]Running a game in full screen mode?

Hiji hijinio at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 16 14:59:14 CDT 2005


I'm using gnome...  I found that there's an autohide
feature, but you can still see about 3 pixels of the
top and bottom panels...  I will google for a shortcut
to complete hide them.

Thanks!
Hiji

--- Rick Knight <rick_knight at rlknight.com> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>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:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Hi Rick,
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for the feedback, but is there a way to do
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>it
> >>    
> >>
> >>>via the commandline?  As you know, as of this
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>month's
> >>    
> >>
> >>>release, the config file has been permanently
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>removed.
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Thanks!
> >>>Hiji
> >>>
> >>>--- Rick Knight <rick_knight at rlknight.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Make sure the game's configuration options are
> set
> >>>>to full screen. If
> >>>>they are but the game is still starting in
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>windowed
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>mode, check the wine
> >>>>config file and set "Managed" = "No". You may
> also
> >>>>have to change the
> >>>>"Desktop" = parameter in config. Also, this
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>applies
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>wine versions prior
> >>>>to 06/2005.
> >>>>
> >>>>Good Luck
> >>>>Rick Knight
> >>>>
> >>>>Hiji wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>>I know --full-screen is the right option, so
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
> >>which
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>>>is
> >>>>>>it? 
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>       
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>I mean, it ISN'T the right option.  Any ideas?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thanks!
> >>>>>Hiji
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>		
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