wine users - Apr 2009 - Resolution issue

hello!

i am using archlinux x86_64. i have got a 32bit chroot and also 32bit libs
installed, so i can run 32bit apps inside the chroot or using the libs. now my
problem:

my native desktop resolution is 1680x1050. i want to play my games in 800x600,
1024x768 or whatever. when i run a game in the chroot, it works like a charme,
wine changes the resolution and i have no problems at all. when i run it using
the 32bit libs wine changes the resolution, but i can move the mouse to the
right or bottom corner and can so navigate to the whole desktop (as my desktop
is bigger than the games resolution). it does happen to all tested games, half
life (no source based), half life 2, morrowind, blair witch...
i tried different versions of the nvidia-drivers (nvidia-utils) and different
versions of wine, latest is 1.1.18.
workaround: i change my desktop resolution to the games one in gnome for
example, the run the game in wine. wine will not change the resolution anymore
and i will not get this issue anymore (which makes first person shooter
unplayable).
but: 32bit games, like ut2004 or doom3, are running fine via 32bit libs, there
is no problem with the resolution.
i also tried changing wine's resolution method to xrandr, but then there is
only one resolution (my desktop resolution) avaible in my games. playing in an
emulated works therefore fine.
i asked in the archlinux forums, but nobody has this issue or could help me.

i know it worked two weeks ago, then i changed my distro to gentoo (where it
also worked quite well) and then changed back to archlinux. do you maybe know
how i can fix that or which lib is responsible for the resolution change?

xrandr is responsible for this.

I also run arch64 with the same setup as you and the same resolution, quite
interesting. :p

Anyways, what you need to do is to disable twinview. Type xrandr to show the
currently available resolutions.


Code:
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
[b]    Option         "TwinView" "0"[/b]
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1680x1050_60.00"
    EndSubSection
EndSection






Code:
Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8800 GT"
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
    Option         "NoRenderExtension" "False"
    Option         "NvAGP" "0"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
[b]    Option	   "DynamicTwinView" "False"[/b]
EndSection




The twinview parts on both parts are the lines you need. This worked for me, I
now have loads of resolutions to pick in game as opposed to when twin view was
enabled.

hmm no that did not work :-\. i tried both xrandr and xvidmode for resolution
change, it seems to change nothing (beside i cannot change the resolution in
nvidia-settings anymore). now here is my xorg.conf:


Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    Option "NoLogo" "true"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
    Option         "NoRenderExtension" "False"
    Option         "NvAGP" "0"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
    Option      "DynamicTwinView" "False"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
	Option "TwinView" "0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection