Unable to find requested display mode (English)

DaaL · Post by **DaaL** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:49 pm

"Unable to find requested display mode" error when trying to launch game.

I have seen this error reported in the forums, but it is all in German and my translation is not up to the Job, so apologies for repeat.

Using Linux (Ubuntu - Dapper Drake)
Firefox web browser

Account/character created OK

I am absolutely new to Illarion, Greetings to everyone

swish1 · Post by **swish1** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:49 pm

Server Down, I think

Keikan Hiru · Post by **Keikan Hiru** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:54 pm

Swish, please do not confuse new players.

The Illarion Client needs a specific screen resolution (1024x786),
make sure your display mode does allow this resolution.

Post by **Nitram** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:59 pm

And make sure you set in the client setting 24-bit colors

DaaL · Post by **DaaL** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:10 pm

Nitram wrote:And make sure you set in the client setting 24-bit colors

Done, and screen set to 1024x768, still getting the same problem, any further suggestions?

Post by **Nitram** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:13 pm

try window mode.

Nitram

DaaL · Post by **DaaL** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:15 pm

done, same error i'm afraid!

Post by **Nitram** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:16 pm

What is the resolution your Linux uses?

DaaL · Post by **DaaL** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:22 pm

was 1280x960 , but tried changing it to 1024x768, makes no difference.

Post by **Nitram** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:38 pm

Then i fear, you need one of our other Linux users...

Try to write a PM to Vilarion he is maybe able to help you, since he uses Linux.

Nitram

DaaL · Post by **DaaL** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:40 pm

OK. Thank you Nitram for your help thus far.

DaaL

DaaL · Post by **DaaL** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:41 pm

This problem is still on-going, I would love to hear from anybody who has had this problem and got it work.............

Nevas · Post by **Nevas** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:35 am

Howdy,

I had a similar issue with Ubuntu.

http://illarion.org/community/forums/vi ... highlight=

My resolution was to add a line enabling Xinerama. Here is the relevant section of my config:

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Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier  "Default Layout"
  Screen    "Screen 0"
#  Screen    "Screen 1" RightOf "Screen 0"
  Option    "Xinerama"  "true"
  InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
  InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

The other stuff in my final reply to that post I linked you to was me fiddling with the settings for a dual-head setup.

As I recall (from many years ago when I figured out how to set the dual heads up under X), there are two ways to do it (with the nVidia driver, at least).

One way was using TwinView, which (IIRC) is an nVidia-specific thing. It was more complicated so I opted for...something else which involved Xinerama needing to be off?

I'm usually hanging out in the IRC room, so if this doesn't work, I'd be happy to help troubleshoot. Just say my name (owlmanatt, towlmanat, or owlmacatt, depending largely upon the day of the week and the phase of the moon) and I'll appear if I'm around.

If

DaaL · Post by **DaaL** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:27 am

i will give that a try, thanks for your help.

DaaL · Post by **DaaL** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:32 pm

u da man

thats got it, thanx m8.

for those who may have a similar problem, the simple solution was to add the following line

Option "Xinerama" "true"
to the /etc/x11/xorg.conf file