Cogs can't achieve fullscreen on multi-monitor machines

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#131 · opened 2012-12-20 by SilverPreece · updated 2013-11-04 · 5 comments · github

SSilverPreece 2012-12-20 github

Just trying out Cogs on Linux. Game appears to be working OK, but when I tried to go fullscreen it crashed back to the client without warning. Looking in the terminal, it appears to be attempting to span both monitors:

Couldn't set 3840x1080 OpenGL video mode: No video mode large enough for 3840x1080
Game removed: AppID 26500 "Cogs", ProcID 20506 
saving roaming config store to 'sharedconfig.vdf'
roaming config store 2 saved successfully

I have several multi-monitor machines available, but this one in particular is running two 1920x1080 monitors (you probably guessed that). Work rig rather than gaming rig, so pretty standard hardware. Full machine data follows:

Processor Information:
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
Speed: 2800 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Unsupported
SSE42: Unsupported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.5.0-17-generic
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11300000

Video Card:
Driver: ATI Technologies Inc. ATI Radeon HD 5450

Driver Version:  4.2.11903 Compatibility Profile Context
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID:  0x1002
DeviceID:  0x68f9
Number of Monitors:  2
Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 3840 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 18.78" x 10.55"  (21.54" diag)
                                        47.7cm x 26.8cm  (54.7cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC662 rev1

Memory:
RAM: 7986 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 319073 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 159784 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:

Ffrad00r4 2012-12-25 github

GeForce 210 (nvidia 304.64) on Fedora 17 x86_64

GL_RENDERER = GeForce 210/PCIe/SSE2
GL_VERSION = 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.64
GL_VENDOR = NVIDIA Corporation

2 monitors, TwinView

All works

SSilverPreece 2012-12-26 github

Must be a Radeon/Eyefinity specific issue then.

Mmikebutash 2013-02-03 github

What window manager are you using? Compiz and metacity (fallback) work very differently with multi-monitor with my ATI setup. I use 12.04 with full unity, but 99% of the time I kill compiz/unity after launch, reverting to metacity because anything gl-based works 1000% better without compiz. Problem is metacity reflects in my case 6x 1920x1200 displays vs. my framebuffer running at 11520x1200. Compiz needs hardcoded to do so, but it works, just absolutely poorly at that res. Otherwise I can full-screen things at 11520x1200 usually, gl even.

It would be wise of Valve to investigate how framebuffers are generally handled among various windowing software, as well as how to deal with Compiz. Best I can deal with it is turn it off, but either way it causes grief for anything 2+ monitors.

TTele42 2013-02-07 github

Has this issue been brought to Lazy 8 Studio's attention?

Ggdrewb-valve maintainer 2013-11-04 github

Closing old non-Steam issue (can still be found in search).

Nothing extracted yet.