Tremulous problem

[Hans de Goede]

Tanguy Eric wrote:
> Le lundi 19 février 2007 à 09:43 +0100, Hans de Goede a écrit :
>> Tanguy Eric wrote:
>>> I just tried to install tremulous via yum and when i run it i obtain a
>>> black screen. 
>> Next time please don't send a mail like this to both the list and my
>> private mail, I first read my private mail, thus you got a private
>> response, now here is the same response again for those reading the
>> list. Even better would be to use bugzilla for things like this.
> 
> Sorry.
> 
>> --- original reply ---
>>
>>  > Here is what i can see in a console :
>>  >
>>
>> Thats useless as the problem seen here is caused by you running it from 
>> a console instead of from X.
> 
> I don't understand why you find this useless. I have a problem : when i
> run the game from X, i obtain a black screen. I can hear the sound. So i
> guess the game plays fine except i have nothing at screen. I kill the
> game from a console and i see my desktop in very low resolution. So i
> tried to launch it from a console to see the messages ...
> 

The X error you are seeing is xvidmode related, and that message is 
given because tremulous is making an xvidmode call to change the 
resolution, while X is not visible / on the foreground. Thus the output 
is useless.

>> Could you try the official tremulous binaries from the tremulous 
>> homepage, and if those give a black screen too try contacting the 
>> tremulous developers directly?
> 
> I tried the official package without any success. I have the same
> problem with similar games (alienarena, cube, ...) but i can play with
> doom and freedoom without any problem.
> 

Sounds like a video-driver / or  monitor configuration problem. Since 
you're using the binary nvidea drivers there is no-on who can help you here.

Regards,

Hans