starcraft

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 06:02:14PM -0400, Chris Aitken wrote:
> Yeah, I've already burnwed a copy of my son's (it's getting old) - it 
> works fine.
> 
> Now, to get full screen working in the vm:
> 
> Unable to turn on direct graphics.
> Your guest's depth (8) doesn't match your host's (24).  Fullscreen may 
> have failed because your XF86Config file lacks modes for depth 8.  
> Either add the modes to XF86Config, or switch your guest's depth to 
> match your host's to enable fullscreen mode.
> Failed to switch to full screen SVGA mode.
> 
> How should I go about this? I don't want to go the ham-fisted route this 
> time. I was asking in an earlier email in this thread how to get my 
> Hardware Browser back - does anyone know? I'm missing a few things on my 
> menus - like monitor resolution selector (no idea what it's called)...

Well if you look in your X configuration file (usually
/etc/X11/xorg.conf) see what it lists for the screen section.

For example:
Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Modes           "800x600"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

That is from an Xorg 7.3.

Older versions were a little different I believe.  Here is one from 7.1:
Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Notice how each Display Subsection mentions a depth and what resolutions
to allow at that depth.  This configuration should allow going full
screen in any of those depths with any of those resolutions.  Some
systems configure X with only one section and hence only one depth and
as a result applications can't request another mode since there is no
configuration for it.

What does your X config have for the Screen section?

> I bought the "Battle Chest" today - Starcraft, Expansion: Broodwar, and 
> the two guides (books) for them.

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Len Sorensen
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