Unable to set video mode

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Cannot start pingus.
When I start it from GUI nothing happens.
When I try to start it from Terminal I get this Error:

[ERROR] SDLFramebuffer::set_video_mode(): Unable to set video mode: No video 
mode large enough for 800x600

Same error when I try: pingus -g 640x400

I have pingus 0.7.6 on ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
My screen resolution is 1024x576 and cannot be changed on my Lenovo S10e Netbook

pingus worked, though until recent ubuntu updates.

Would appreciate help, since I love pingus!!!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by henning....@gmail.com on 2 Feb 2014 at 1:50

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Try:

pingus --fullscreen-resolution=640x400

or

pingus --window -g 640x400

Original comment by grum...@gmail.com on 2 Feb 2014 at 8:03

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pingus -fullscreen-resolution=640x400
results in:
CommandLine_Generic::parse_args(): option requires an argument - - u

and
pingus --window -g 640x400
produces:
CommandLine_Generic::parse_args(): option requires an argument - - r

any other clue?
btw i am totally new to ubuntu and linux... so any help is welcome..

Original comment by henning....@gmail.com on 3 Feb 2014 at 11:51

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I have observed a similar issue in my Ubuntu machine, although in my case the 
problem was that Pingus was configured to use a fullscreen 1920x1080, while my 
current resolution was 1872x1053 (due to overscan settings for my TV). In your 
case, it seems the problem is that 576 height is not enough for the (default) 
800x600 resolution.

This is the error I got:

  [ERROR] SDLFramebuffer::set_video_mode(): Unable to set video mode: No video mode large enough for 1872x1053

I have a patch for Pingus that seems to work fine (although it unveils another, 
probably less important, issue). I will be posting it soon.

Original comment by mariospr@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2015 at 1:51

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See the patch that fixes the issue for me (also attached to this comment): 
here: 
https://github.com/mariospr/pingus/commit/5856a2e6989bc003b8dba0bf4a28e19f6f3da9
e2

Let me know what you think, and feel free to merge it if you think it makes 
sense.

Original comment by mariospr@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2015 at 2:11

Attachments:

• 0001-Adjust-to-closest-available-resolution-on-startup-if.patch

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Last comment:

As I mentioned above, the proposed patch unveiled another problem, which I 
think it's unrelated, but not 100% sure. See below:

For some reason, even though the patch proposed above allows to start pingus 
normally even if the desired resolution does not match the desired one, the 
first time pingus is started the main window is misplaced: it's rendered with 
the right resolution (e.g. 1872x1053) but with (0, 0) coordinate placed 
offscreen, too far in the NW corner, as if it was not considering the overscan 
setting.

I spent some time trying to find a solution for this, but in the end I 
concluded that it's either an issue somewhere else deeper in pingus's engine, 
or even in SDL_SetVideoMode(), and could not figure out clearly where exactly 
the problem was.

Also, this is something that happens only the first time pingus is run with the 
mismatched resolution: if you exit the game and start again, the resolution 
will be fine again, same thing if you go to options and fiddle with the 
resolution settings during the first run.

I haven't filed any bug related to this because it's still not clear to me what 
the problem is. Perhaps someone with more knowledge about pingus and/or SDL 
will be able to better figure out what the problem is.

Original comment by mariospr@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2015 at 2:12