BZFlag troubles since upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04

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BZFlag troubles since upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04

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Hello -

I can't play BZFlag! I have tried and tried. When trying to run it in the terminal, this message appears:

X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 134 (XFree86-VidModeExtension)
Minor opcode of failed request: 10 (XF86VidModeSwitchToMode)
Value in failed request: 0x79
Serial number of failed request: 148
Current serial number in output stream: 150

It worked perfectly well with 7.10, so whats wrong and how do I fix it?

Thanks!
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Post by JeffM »

be sure that you reinstall your video drivers after doing your upgrades.
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When giving me advice, it is always best to treat me as a small stupid child, as my knowledge of Linux is limited.
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Post by JeffM »

then I would not recommend you use linux.

Your video driver is probably a package, it will be based on your hardware. You should be able to reinstall it from your package manager. This isn't a linux support forum, so if you need more help in that, I recommend you check with your distributions support channel.
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Post by HalynR1500 »

Ubuntu is so much better though that I would never go back to Windows.

As for your suggestion, it didn't work.
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the problem is with your video driver, it can not change to the resolution that is requested.

try running bzflag from the command line like this

bzflag -window -geometry 800x600
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Hello, welcome to Linux, go to system > administration > hardware drivers and it is pretty straight forward from there.
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Post by ts »

Please read the suggestions in this topic if Jeff's "bzflag -window -geometry 800x600" starts BZFlag but the resolution is not saved: http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=12797

This is the 3rd case of problems using BZFlag running on Ubuntu I heard of within a few days. Probably it's never working out of the box.
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Post by anomaly »

This is from the README.Debian file in the Ubuntu source package:

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bzflag uses XFree86's VidMode extension to change resoultions
`on the fly'. Some people have reported problems with this but we have
not been able to identify the reason (yet). Please report a bug if you
are having problems.

Other people, have color map problems when the change of video
resolution occurs. If this happens to you as well please report it.
The workaround it to manually switch resoultions before running bzflag

bzflag, by default, will takeover your entire screen. By specifying
the `-window' option on the command line it will display inside of a
window.
There are not any major changes in the ubuntu bzflag package from 7.10 to 8.04. The issue is probably related to changes in xorg. I upgraded from 7.10 to 8.04 with zero issues. I also installed 8.04 on a new Dell 1720 right out of the box with zero issues.

Try Jeff's suggestion. Run bzflag in windowed mode. If that works you need to do what Peter suggested. Or better yet get EnvyNG if you have nVidia or ATI graphics hardware. Run System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager and look for 'envyng'.

I have an nVidia video card and installed EnvyNG. That will install the latest proprietary nVidia or ATI drivers. I recommend using EnvyNg if you have nVidia or ATI graphics hardware.
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Well look if this is a video card problem like JeffM says, then how come you don't do this? Go and find out the Video Card company such as nVidia and ATI and also find what model number it is such as ATI Radeon 1200X. Then when you find the company and model number of the video card. go on there website and go to support or download drivers and find the right video card and download for the OS that you have. Usally if you have ATI it should be no problem finding the OS since ATI mostly supports all OS's. Good Luck
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Generally speaking, you install video drivers on Ubuntu using packages, not by downloading drivers from manufacturer's web sites.
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