Hey just wondering what command I can use to start something in windowed mode. Sometimes I have issues when testing fullscreen games and they I'm screwed. So would like to keep it all windowed. Thanks.
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Re: windowed mode command?
Something to try. Programs in the xephyr window.
Install:
- xserver-xephyr
- xterm
In the konsole:
In the xterm:Code:Xephyr :1 -screen 800x600 & export DISPLAY=:1; xterm
Start program (if it startsCode:startkde
) in the new windowed Kubuntu/KDE session.
Xephyr:
Default resolution:
Fullscreen:Code:Xephyr :1 & export DISPLAY=:1; xterm
Your choice:Code:-fullscreen
NoteCode:-screen <x>x<y>
With fullscreen, Alt + f3 is your friend (most of time).
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Re: windowed mode command?
If you mean that fullscreen games are refusing to close,Originally posted by jbaerbock
Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to a console
Login
Find and kill the offending process.
Try
ps aux | grep name_of_executable
you'll get something like this
user 6386 0.0 0.1 1756 448 ? S 10:29 0:00 /bin/sh /home/user/firefox/firefox
user 6389 0.0 0.1 1752 448 ? S 10:29 0:00 /bin/sh /home/user/firefox/run-mozilla.sh /home/user/firefox/firefox-bin
user 6394 35.9 37.5 291268 120396 ? SLl 10:29 39:10 /home/user/firefox/firefox-bin
user 7548 0.0 0.2 2988 744 pts/1 R+ 12:18 0:00 grep firefox
The bold numbers are the process ids. Then do
kill process_id
If that doesn't work do
kill -9 process_id
Then Ctrl+Alt+F7 to switch back to the desktop. It will probably have a mucked up screen resolution so use krandrtray to put that right.I am running Ubuntu 8.10 (yes Gnome) with upgrades applied daily about 0900 UK time. Hardware is Dell Precision 420, 2x 800 MHz PIII, 512 MB RDRAM, nVidia GeForce 6800 128 MB AGP graphics, 18GB SCSI and 500GB IDE HDDs, DVD burner, Hauppage TV card.Comment
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Re: windowed mode command?
Thanks both suggestions will be useful. My problem was that some games which had not so bug free ports to Linux, or other random fullscreen, would freeze on me and I was stuck on it with nothing to do. Those shortcuts should help that problem.
Was wondering if there was a simple -w or something I could add in konsole to get a program to go windowed. Don't really wan't to install another terminal. Any other options?Comment
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