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screen resoltion is not restored over HDMI

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First post, by lvm

Posted on 2010-12-28, 21:30

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When dosbox goes fullscreen it changes screen resolution to 640*480 and restores original resolution after exit, and when display is connected to an ordinary DB-15 VGA port it works fine (except when dosbox crashes :) but when display is connected to the same system over HDMI screen resolution is not restored and remains stuck at 640*480. dosbox 0.74 on 32-bit linux (ubuntu 10.10), video ATI HD4590 (xorg ati drivers, NOT fglrx)

Reply 1 of 5, by DosFreak

Posted on 2010-12-29, 01:03

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Don't see how this is a DOSBox issue.

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Reply 2 of 5, by SKARDAVNELNATE

Posted on 2010-12-29, 01:33

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That would be an issue with your video and driver as many programs that change resolution, including modern day games, will exhibit the same behavior.

Reply 3 of 5, by lvm

Posted on 2010-12-30, 06:05

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If we are looking for a guilty party I may suggest a compromise candidate - SDL, looks like dosbox calls SDL_Quit and relies on it to clean up with no attempts to save and restore screen resolution by itself. I added SDL_SetVideoMode(1920,1080... just before the SDL_Quit and the problem is gone. But it has nothing to do with video drivers - to clean up after messy programs is not the driver's job.