desktop resolution gets messed up while playing games
Hi,
My PC Configuration is:
CPU: Intel 4 3.0 GHz RAM: 4gb Graphics: Onboard HDD: 160gb primary, 500gb secondary sata hard disks Motherboard: MSI G41
Recently i have started having a weird problem, when i play games made for linux, my screen resolution gets messed up. My native resolution is 1024x768, but when the problem happens i have to change to 800x600 to see the full screen, plus the graphics quality also decreases. I am not a technical person, so can you please suggest a permanent solution that i can apply immediately as i don't want to either limit my gaming experience or stick to shitty resolution.
After running the lspci | grep VGA command i got the following output:
Output:
[gaurav@localhost ~]$ lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) [gaurav@localhost ~]$
Regards,
Welcome to ask.fedora. Please run the command
lspci | grrep VGAin a terminal, and edit your question to include the output. The answer may depend on just what graphics hardware you have.OK, you have Intel graphics, so you don't need any special drivers. Since you didn't say otherwise, I'll presume that you're using Gnome, which I don't know. With luck, somebody who does use it will be able to suggest something.
hi sideburns, yes im using gnome, thanks for your response. I did a little research on the net, tried doing a few things with xrandr, apparently this problem happens when you are playing an old game or a game that has an interface of an old game. hopefully someone out there must have a solution for this.
What game ? using wine ? If so, it is likely to be considered a bug in the game. Run the game in an emultaed desktop or reset the resolution after wine exits with xrandr or similar. You cna try filing a bug report with wine.
Hey guys,
It was a monitor issue, the problem has been solved. Nothing wrong with fedora