[mdlug] Domination Game for Linux

[ricky]

On 08/03/2016 02:33 PM, Ingles, Raymond wrote:
> I used "HDMI1" as an example; you may well be using DVI, or DisplayPort, or even VGA as the connection to the monitor. (On a laptop, it might be LVDS.) Running 'xrandr' without arguments will give you a list of what connections you have and which are in use. Just something you might check...
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> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of ricky
> Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 12:32 PM
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> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Domination Game for Linux
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> 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:
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>>    xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080
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>> or even just:
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>> xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode auto
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>> 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.
> _______________________________________________
"xrandr" alone yielded ...
DVI-0 connected 1680x1050+0+0 and much more.
...
So, should the command I use be "xrandr --output DVI0 --mode 1680x1050" ???
Thanks, Rick S.