Unable to run bzflag

The Orange Mage · Post by **The Orange Mage** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:29 am

Trying to run it on a fresh Ubuntu 7.10 install...only thing I've added was the official nVidia drivers for my 7900GS.

Anyways, I try to run the program, and I get a flash of a black window and that's all. If I run from console, I get this message:

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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:  0x1a5
  Serial number of failed request:  146
  Current serial number in output stream:  148

So, what the crap?

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:05 am

the video mode your asking for is failing. make sure your drivers are installed properly. If they are, try runing BZ in a window with

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bzflag -window -geometry 800x600

most likely X is not set up to know what full screen resolutions your display supports.

The Orange Mage · Post by **The Orange Mage** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:38 am

Yeah, that command gets me in just fine. Thanks.

Grace F · Post by **Grace F** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:22 am

Im getting this error too. I wasn't earlier than I changed my graphics from medium, to low. I closed the game and when I tried to re-open it all I got was a black screen.

This was on BZFlag2.1.14, though I get the same error with 2.0.8 and .9 etc. I'm on windows if that's an issue..

kill_u · Post by **kill_u** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:43 am

Everything works fine, but how to play the game in full screen mode?

Post by **blast** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:54 am

kill_u wrote:Everything works fine, but how to play the game in full screen mode?

Press F1 or select a display mode using Options > Display Settings > Change Video Format.