[K12OSN] TuxType screen resolutions

[David Trask]

You need to run it in windowed mode....add a -w to the executable in the
menu

tuxtype2 -w


"Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
Wed Sep 13 2006 at 18:15 +0000 wrote:
>Nathan, pretty much the same issue here.
>Whenever we run tuxtype on these flat screen monitors, after the game has
>ended, it blows the resolution out so everything is really giant, and the
>only way seemingly to fix it is to log off and reboot the client.
>Although lately, I have been getting the "frequency out of range" error.
>That means the refresh rate is unsupported by the flatscreens we have.
>I am also interested to see what the geniuses on the list come up with.
>
>---- Nathan Shaffer <nathan at grandvache.com> wrote: 
>> We're running ltsp 5.0.  Running TuxType2 that was packaged with the  
>> system loads and runs fine with the exception that the flat screen  
>> monitors all get an "out of range" error message when it changes  
>> resoultion.   Does anyone know a way to either change the resolution  
>> for TuxType or how to tell TuxType to load in a window instead of  
>> full screen mode (I have set programs to load in window mode before,  
>> just can't remember how to do it)
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Nathan Shaffer
>> nshaffer at sja.pvt.k12.or.us
>> 
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David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Director
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
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