Re: [Unichrome-users] tuxracer and screen blanking.

[ykcorse <joa...@ya...>]

--- Phil DeBecker <deb...@gm...> wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:39:24 -0400, Phil DeBecker
> <deb...@gm...> wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:38:04 -0400, Phil DeBecker
> <deb...@gm...> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:57:06 -0700 (PDT),
> ykcorse <joa...@ya...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- Luc Verhaegen <li...@sk...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > More and more reports are coming in about
> the screen
> > > > > blanking
> > > > > when a wine or tuxracer game is started.
> This while
> > > > > DRI and
> > > > > GLX seem to be working.
> > 
> 
> OK, I got it to run.  Tuxracer is extremely
> frustrating because there
> is no way to specify things like windowing or
> resolution on the
> command line.  It has to be done in the
> configuration file, but the
> configuration file doesn't get created until some
> point after we get
> the black screen.  I created a skeleton config with
> just 3 options,
> that let me run the game:
> 
> Create the directory ~/.tuxracer and the file
> ~/.tuxracer/options, and
> put the following lines in the ~/.tuxracer/options
> file:
> 
> # fullscreen
> #
> # If true then the game will run in full-screen
> mode.
> #
> set fullscreen false
> 
> # x_resolution
> #
> # The horizontal size of the Tux Racer window
> #
> set x_resolution 640
> 
> # y_resolution
> #
> # The vertical size of the Tux Racer window
> #
> set y_resolution 480
> 
> 
> This should allow it to run, in a window.  You can
> also set fullscreen
> to true and the resolution to 1024 and 768 and run
> it fullscreen.  It
> plays quite fast, although there are a lot of
> texture glitches on the
> penguin.
> 
> Phil
> 


thanks a lot, i can play now. There are some texture
glitches on the penguin, but not as much as there were
with the older releases that i could play with.

=====
ykcorse


	
		
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