I decided to install Ubuntu, I like it a lot and ezQuake runs much faster!

I was told to run ezQuake in a separate X server so it will run faster, Sometimes alt+enter will make ezquake crash.

Anyone know how to do this?

Ezquake is in /home/d4rin/Games/ezquake

Here I made like this:
(First I configured my NVIDIA settings for full performance, and of course: showing the image only at my external CRT display)
then I saved/exported this settings, or copyied and pasted, and renamed the file (don't remember): "xorg.conf" to "xorg_quake.conf"
from /etc/X11/xorg.conf

then I made 2 scripts (with any text editor):

the first one is "ezquake.sh" and I wrote this inside:


and the second "ezquake_run.sh":


(the command "synclient TouchpadOff=1 &" I needed to disable my Touchpad, if it doesn't work for you try to install "synclient" by running apt-get install synclient from a terminal)
(or remove this line)

Oh.... and this scripts need to be executables, so open a terminal, and type this 3 commands:

cd /home/d4rin/Games/ezquake
chmod +x ezquake.sh
chmod +x ezquake_run.sh

and finally: EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, IT MAY STOP RUNNING.... (the separate X server), I found out that this was happening becouse of my system updates ("apt-get update" or "apt-get dist-upgrade", the xorg, shit, x-server, NVIDIA, WTF, I don't know... was getting updated... then my solution always is: "REINSTALL NVIDIA DRIVERS", it will work 100% once again, every time!

good luck!

No please: do not do any unneccessary stupid things.

In 99/100 cases you do not need to run it in a separate X server.

If you are running a fancy desktop-/window manager with like Compiz then you might get worse performance in OpenGL applications since Compiz itself is utilizing OpenGL and uses up resources. Turn off fancy effects or preferably switch to like Metacity temporarily while playing.

I'm running Fluxbox which I'm totally happy with, works perfectly with ezQuake (or my jQuake fork). You can alt-enter without problems. (I've tried ezQuake in Gnome3 and it worked fine too).

EDIT: Kernell, there's absolutely no need to make the scripts bash only. Use #!/bin/sh unless it's absolutely necessary not to when you do scripts.

d4rin: Make sure to run the latest nightly of ezQuake.

Even running it through Fluxbox it messes up, Sometimes when I alt+enter it won't let me minimize the ezquake screen or close it. Half the screen will turn white and I am forced to log out and log back in. It also won't let me use the mouse anymore until I log off...

This has happened when loading the regular ezquake-gl.glx file too.

Seems no matter what I do...The same thing happens.

Alt+Enter is like a ezQuake VIRUS.... simply: do "not" do this... In 99/100 cases, it wil BREAK the mother fu...ing whole ezQuake...

with a separate X screen, you cant Ctrl + Alt + F8 (and Ctrl + Alt + F7) to alternate between ezQuake and your desktop, and it's 100% safe... it won't break anything, ezQuake will not even notice that you did something at all...

(even in Windows, I have NEVER managed to do Alt+Enter without damaging ezQuake, it would ALWAYS come back with LOTS, and LOTS, of bugs... I was always forced to re-open ezQuake...)

This is true, Sometimes it does break it...

I looked in my etc/x11/ folder and I do not have that xorg file, So I cannot duplicate it.

I am using linux mint now and apparently Ubuntu dropped that xorg.

Any other way to do this?

I more or less always do alt+enter with success. Either how, if it doesn't work it's a bug and it needs to be looked over.

Can you try doing the same with other clients and see if the same thing happens (probably not but worth a try)? Have you tried jQuake?

In ubuntu it would freeze up from time to time, i then tried linux mint cinnamon desktop and is much more stable. It may be an ati driver as well, drivers for my card win/linux are not the greatest. I get a full screen of red before i enter quake and that happens in windows too. Wish i was back with nvidia, ati has sloooow opengl.

I will try other client and post back here.

I am convinced it is a driver issue. Having the crashing issue on all the clients I tried, But crashes less on Linux Mint 15.

sell your ati and buy nvidia =)