ok so i will start off with some specs to help you, help me, help us all.
i am running ubuntu karmic 64bit, corei7, 6gigs ram, and 2 nv gts 250s(wont be
able to run sli until they add dual monitor sli support to linux drivers) ignore
the fact that i have a second card its not used in linux. but my big problem
lies somewhere in my two monitors running twinview (both monitors resolutions
are 1680x1050). when i say games i mean any source engine game (hl2 portal css
etc.)
whenever i try to play a game it different things will happen depending on a few
setting with wine config. if everything is set to initial defaults in graphics
tab of wine config (only the desktop integration stuff enabled) then the game
will start up and it is working but you can only see half of the screen, this is
because for whatever reason the game is forced to run at a resolution of
3360x1050 and is not expanding across both screens if i go in game and try to
change the resolution it gives me no options other than what it is already set
to if i set it to windowed mode i still get no options other than 3360x1050 but
the game will span both screens
if i disable the desktop integration in wine config then the game will span both
screens in full screen and windowed mode but i still cant change the resolution.
my last option is to run the games in windowed mode set to 1680x1050 via wine
config. this option has worked for me with another game that had a similar
problem. i just went back and tested halflife2 and it works this way (introvideo
doesnt) although something wasnt right it looked like it was running at dx8 even
though it said it was running dx9 however i dont know much about this kind of
stuff (i hope i make sense here: the polygon count and texture resolution looked
to low for my settings) the video of breen on the screen in the station looked
more pixelated than it should have and when people talked their mouths looked
jumpy and jagged like an older game would. in portal once i start a game i just
get a black screen with audio. the intro commands like the thing on the right
that tells you about WASD shows up and so does an unmodifed targeting reticle
but nothing else and i cant move
i dont know if this is a wine problem, compiz/metacity problem, or an
nvidia/xorg problem but i came here because this forum seemed the most relevant
to the issue
im sure there is something else that i should mention. if you need more info to
help me ill be glad to get it to you. thank you to everyone in advance