lbreakout2 pauses and becomes windowed every 10-15 minutes

[Jurriaan]

When playing lbreakout2 fullscreen every 10-15 minutes(I don't know the exact interval) it becomes a window(restoring original resolution) and pauses.
After that when I click on the lbreakout window and wait a few seconds it restores resolution and becomes fullscreen again.
This is a repeating process.

uname -a
Linux jurp5-desktop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Unknown device 0649 (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] PCI-to-PCI bridge
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS965 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 48)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 190 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
00:08.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 182 SATA/RAID Controller (rev 01)
00:0b.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d0)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400 GS (rev a1)

Using compiz fusion and nvidia driver at a widescreen resolution.

It also happened when playing nexuiz.

[Martijn van Iersel (martijn-vaniersel)]

I can't confirm this problem (not within 15 minutes at least). Might be specific to your driver?

I'm on gutsy, using lbreakout version 2.5.2
Using compiz fusion and intel i810 driver, 1024x768.

[Martijn van Iersel (martijn-vaniersel)]

Jurriaan, to rule out that it is a driver problem, could you please try temporarily switching back to the free nv driver, and see if you can still reproduce this problem?

[Jurriaan (jurriaan)]

When changing my driver to nv I get my widescreen resolution(1680x1050) in 4:3 on my screen(everything looks stretched) and I cant play lbreakout because my paddle won't move from his position. I can't test it when using nv. When I switch back to nvidia, I get my resolution in a normal way and I can move the paddle again, but my original problem persists.

[Martijn van Iersel (martijn-vaniersel)]

nexuiz and lbreakout2 both use libsdl1.2 for graphics, so it is likely a problem with that lib.

[scarboni888 (scarboni888)]

I have also experienced lbreakout2 pausing game play for no apparent reason. For me, however, the window did not 'restore' - it stayed fullscreen as I had set it. The frequency of erroneous pausing was not steady; sometimes I could play for 20 minutes & nothing - sometimes it would pause twice in as many minutes.

That was in Feisty.

Now that I've upgraded to Gutsy I am unable to get the thing to go fullscreen. When commanding it to go fullscreen it just centers itself on the screen blanking out my desktop. I have tried reverting back to ati from fglrx (8.37.6) but this did not change the behavior.

I don't know if the pausing problem still exists or not since the game is virtually unplayable for me unless I have it full screen.

Also this same phenomenon of not being able to change to fullscreen is happening to lMarbles (or just simply 'marbles' as it is listed in Add/ Remove) so maybe that's a clue? I've flagged this thread for email updates so if anyone would need to see any of my configuration and/or files don't hesitate to ask.

[Nenad Radulovic (blueskyniss)]

I have similar problem with frozen-bubble, it becomes a window after 15-20 min and loses focus. Using Nvidia 8600 gt. Can not switch to free nv driver

[Jurriaan (jurriaan)]

If I kill gnome-screensaver before playing a game, It looks like I don't have any problems

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

I see this in Lbreakout2 in Intrepid:

uname -a:
Linux jfo-laptop 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:20 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

LSPCI:
jfo@jfo-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72M [Quadro NVS 110M/GeForce Go 7300] (rev a1)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ601/6912/711E0 CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller (rev 40)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)

I've read the bug that this has been marked as a duplicate of, but I do not see the same behavior. I have no screensaver set. The timing is a bit erratic, but I tend to see it within 10 to 15 minutes of starting the game. When this occurs there is no method by which I have been able to resume the game.

I've also done a swap back to the normal driver with the same behavior. I am continuing to debug the scenario.

-JFo

[Ben (ben2talk)]

Similar here - I find not only that it freezes (never does in XP...) but also the ball motion isn't smooth either - and it just pauses at fairly random intervals.

Same lbreakout version, nvidia 8600en card.