GCompris too big for screen

[Teo Fonrouge]

On Friday 11 May 2007 03:38:04 Simon Slater wrote:
> 	Here is a question from my 5yo.
>
> 	When using the GCompris suite of games (Games->Games for
> Kids->Educational Suite GCompris) the games extend out beyond the
> screen.  If the mouse is moved to the edge, the game pane scrolls
> leaving whitespace. Not so bad for the older ones, but causes problems
> for the 5 and 8 year olds.  If Tux Paint is accessed from GCompris, X
> hangs until GCompris is killed, but this leaves the screen at the
> undesirable resolution for all apps.  If cleanly exited, screen
> resolution returns to normal.
>
> 	The system is FC6 on a PII400 with a Samsung Samtron 55E normally
> running at 1280x1024 from a VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies
> Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP (rev 7a)
>
> The kids say Ta in advance.
> Simon

Try to run gcompris with the -w (window mode):

$ gcompris -w

In this way TuxPaint won't start at full screen messing with the desktop 
geometry.

Another solution is that after exiting from gcompris to a changed desktop 
geometry, just press CTRL+ALT + (KEYPAD PLUS) , to regain the original screen 
resolution.

HTH

best regards

Teo Fonrouge