GCompris too big for screen

Teo Fonrouge fedora-list at windtelsoft.com
Sun May 13 16:26:40 UTC 2007


On Sunday 13 May 2007 10:21:43 Simon Slater wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 00:34 -0500, Teo Fonrouge wrote:
> > 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
>
> Thanks Teo
> 	GCompris starts in a window, but it can't be resized and the big arrow
> stays the same inside and outside of the window. It is easier for the
> kids to use now though.
>
> TuxPaint still crashes GCompris, but it is confined to the window and
> can be terminated easily.  Should this be submitted as a bug? If so, to
> where?

Yes, this is definitively a gcompris bug (the same history with gcompris under 
opensuse) that need to be informed to the gcompris developpers list, please 
check  this in the gcompris home page at http://gcompris.net 

>
> Regards
> Simon


best regards

Teo






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