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2.0.13 from lucids repo diddn't start, so I downloaded 2.0.16 src, compiled and it still has the same problem. BZFlag worked when I was still on Karmic, but won't work with Lucid

ATI Raadon HD 4890-- yes, glxgears works

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/bzflag-2.0.16$ ./src/bzflag/bzflag
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  130 (XFree86-VidModeExtension)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  10 (XF86VidModeSwitchToMode)
  Value in failed request:  0xaa
  Serial number of failed request:  150
  Current serial number in output stream:  152

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$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.32-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:09:38 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
OpenGL version string: 3.2.9756 Compatibility Profile Context
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Have you tried running -window'ed?

And are you running the latest driver from AMD?
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
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I don't know why I didn't try '-window'; it runs!

Looks like I'm one version behind; I have 9-12, newest is 10-3

I can currently play OPL games in fullscreen, but BZFlag only in windowed mod- wierd
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After you get it running, you can try setting it to a full screen mode. Options > Display Settings > Change Video Format
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This is an old issue that only appears when using ATI cards on linux with the proprietary ATI driver.
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I'm almost thinking people have had it happen with the DRI drivers for older cards as well (ones not supported by the proprietary drivers). But I might be wrong.
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I upgrade the ATI driver, but it still only works in windowed. At 1280x800 it takes most of my screen (14040x900) Odd that it worked in Karmic with the binary driver. Othe games that use SDL & OpenGL seem to work OK.

I geuss I'll play BZ on my iMac(ATI Radeon x1600)
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As long as you are using the official "fglrx" driver from ATI there is a very good chance to have this problem.
You probably were using a community/opensource driver on Karmic then.
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Nope, I used FGLRX


the difference was that I was using KDE, now I use gniome. I even reinstalled KDE & ran bzflag in fullscreen
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