[Novalug] ubuntu 7.10 recovering from full screen games when resolution changes

[Ken Kauffman]

Just a heads up, CTRL-ALT-BKSP does not just log you out, it resets the X
server, which is why it's so effective at resolving your issue.

Perhaps it's possible to disable popup notifications on the battery
utility?  Or write a small script that unloads it, loads your game, and when
you exit the game, reloads the utility.

Ken

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Anthony Soucek <monkeywrenchit at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I could use some advice. in Ubuntu 7.10 when I game full screen,
> periodically, like when I get a battery level warning, or perhaps
> other notification? my full screen game running in 640x480 fullscreen,
> becomes a 640x480 window on my normal 1024 x 768 desktop and my mouse
> disappears.  Thanks to an earlier suggestion from the list I now know
> to do a ctrl+alt+backspace to log out so I can regain control of my pc
> without a hard reset. Is there any way to prevent this or recover more
> gracefully?  I am using the integrated video card in my inexpensive
> Acer 3680 and the issue seems to occur in a variety of games.  Thanks,
>
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