Full Screen not working on Ubuntu

[Bob-Morane]

Hello, i have just discovered this game and it looks great. However i have a bug which prevent me from running in full screen on Ubuntu Linux 7.04. I can change resolution, but whether i choose Full screen "yes" or "no" the game stays in a window. I can't however alt-tab to another running application :?

I installed 2.1 via the Ubuntu .deb package there: http://www.getdeb.net/release.php?id=635

Is this a known bug, i tried to search the forum but the search function gives strange results when you search for several words? Is there something i can do to run in full screen?

[Mattn]

you should try to set the cvar (open the gameconsole => shift + esc or ^-key) vid_fullscreen to 1

you can also try to switch the renderer
type vid_ref to game console to get the current one

you can chose between sdl and glx

so:
vid_fullscreen 1
vid_ref glx
vid_ref sdl

are the things you can try

[Mattn]

ah - another sidenote - i'm using ubuntu, too - several versions here for testing, nvidia and ati - everything works fine. maybe the debpackages were compiled without vidmode support. in this case it might be a good idea to compile the source yourself. See the wiki for more information

[Bob-Morane]

OK, switching to sdl worked.
Is there a risk it will hinder the performances? I try to avoid the brain-damaging experience of compiling software when it's not necessary :lol:

[Mattn]

if it works with sdl - use sdl

should be no problem