[mdlug] Domination Game for Linux

ricky rstaff at sprynet.com
Tue Aug 2 12:32:18 EDT 2016



On 07/27/2016 03:54 PM, Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>   > From: ricky
>
>> P.P.S.  I got a PC version of Risk and Wine can run it!!!  However, it
>> takes total control of the monitor screen and when I exit Risk my
>> Ubuntu MATE screen is F* Upped and I do a reboot to get a usable
>> Ubuntu MATE desktop.
>   You could wrap the executable in a script that calls xrandr to reset the screen resolution and such. I used to do that for a couple of games that caused screen problems. Make a script that runs the game, and then once the game exits, calls something like:
>
>   xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080
>
> or even just:
>
> xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode auto
>
> to set the default.
> _______________________________________________
And much, much later...
I tried the "xrandr" both ways with no effect.
The monitor screen remained messed up after running Risk in Wine.
However, if I logout and then immediately log back in, I get my nice 
MATE desktop back!
Thanks, Rick S.


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