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
