Re: [Freeglut-bugs] FW: glutEnterGameMode does not change resolution inWindows XP

[Borislav T. <bd...@sh...>]

Yes, it's fullscreen mode.  When it does the switch, it's supposed to 
change the resolution to whatever the string specifies in the 
glutGameModeString call previously.


Fay John F Dr CTR USAF 46 SK wrote:
> Borislav,
> 
> 	I've tried a bit at work in odd moments and cannot get it to go
> into game mode at all--at least not recognizably.  (Isn't game mode
> supposed to take over the whole screen?  I thought it did and this is
> not happening on my work machine.)  I think it has something to do with
> firewall protections here.  I haven't been able to try it at home yet.
> 
> John F. Fay
> Technical Fellow
> Jacobs Technology TEAS Group
> 850-883-1294 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fre...@li...
> [mailto:fre...@li...] On Behalf Of
> Borislav Trifonov
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:06 PM
> To: fre...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Freeglut-bugs] FW: glutEnterGameMode does not change
> resolution inWindows XP
> 
> Hi, just wondering if you had time to check this out.
> 
> 
> Fay John F Dr CTR USAF 46 SK wrote:
>> Not sure.  Let me try this at home.
>>
>> John F. Fay
>> Technical Fellow
>> Jacobs Technology TEAS Group
>> 850-883-1294 
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fre...@li...
>> [mailto:fre...@li...] On Behalf Of
>> Borislav Trifonov
>> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 4:09 PM
>> To: fre...@li...
>> Subject: Re: [Freeglut-bugs] glutEnterGameMode does not change
>> resolution inWindows XP
>>
>> ChangeDisplaySettingsEx returns DISP_CHANGE_SUCCESSFUL during the 
>> CDS_TEST pass, but then the call to EnumDisplaySettings returns the 
>> current resolution, not the one that was tested; next pass with 
>> CDS_FULLSCREEN sets this current resolution...  How should I deal with
>> this?
>> When I try on the notebook which has 1280x800 by default, it doesn't 
>> even work, giving me
>> "freeglut (Cube_newLib.exe): The graphics mode is not supported.
>> Cannot enter 0012FECC fullscreen mode"
>> GLUT works fine in both cases though.
>>
>> By the way, I tried to reply directly to your email address, but I got
> 
>> an error with server rejecting FROM addres.
>>
>>
>> Fay John F Dr CTR USAF 46 SK wrote:
>>> Prune,
>>>
>>> 	I'm not sure what is happening with your specific application.
>>> If you have an IDE (such as MSVC) you can link to the debug version
> of
>>> "freeglut" and step into the functions to see what is going on.  The
>>> code for "glutGameModeString" is in "freeglut_gamemode.c" starting
>>> around line 381 and the "glutEnterGameMode" function is the next
>>> function in the same file.  A brief look at the code does not reveal
>>> anything obvious in Windows, although there are some comments about
>>> needing some XFree86 extensions for it to work in X.
>>>
>>> 	Please let me know what you find or if you don't find anything.
>>> I can take a quick look at it if you come up empty but my day job is
>>> keeping me quite busy at the moment.
>>>
>>> John F. Fay
>>> Technical Fellow
>>> Jacobs Technology TEAS Group
>>> 850-883-1294 
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: fre...@li...
>>> [mailto:fre...@li...] On Behalf Of
>> Prune
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 4:07 PM
>>> To: fre...@li...
>>> Subject: [Freeglut-bugs] glutEnterGameMode does not change resolution
>>> inWindows XP
>>>
>>>
>>> glutGameModeString("1280x800:32");
>>> glutEnterGameMode();
>>>
>>> Using glut, resolution is changed.  Using freeglut, it's not,
> although
>>> the
>>> call doesn't fail.  What's going on here?  This is the case with any
>>> resolution the system accepts, so the same thing with say 640x480.
>>> Someone had posted a while ago (see link below) they had the same
>>> problem
>>> under X, and was told it's due to the window manager.  Well, I'm
> using
>>> Windows XP, with the same problem, thus it has nothing to do with
>> that.
>>> So
>>> how do I get this to work?  It is important for my project that I am
>>> able to
>>> change the resolution.
>>>
>>>
> http://www.nabble.com/glutEnterGameMode-does-not-change-X-resolution-tf6
>>> 49753.html
>>
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