Ubuntu Fullscreen

aboiledti..

in Integration and Hardware • 2 years ago

Hi:
Is there any straightforward way to get p5 run in present mode (Full screen) in Ubuntu without having dock and menu bar visible? I mean using PDE present option.

I'm currently working with:
Processing 1.2.1
sun-jdk.1.6.0.22
ubuntu 10.10

A successful workaround was to set the default login user no to load GNOME, then launch an application sketch automatically at startup.
This is useful for deploying purposes but not for developing.

Any thoughts ?
Thank you very much.

Dx

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kooogy

Re: Ubuntu Fullscreen

2 years ago

set the panels to autohide? (right click on them, properties, autohide)

drat, just tried that, seemed ok, can't get them back now though 8(

(oh, that's weird. i have panels left and right rather then up and down and they only reappear if i put the mouse in the corners ie both left and right AND top and bottom)

aboiledti..

Re: Ubuntu Fullscreen

2 years ago

it worked for me.

Thank you very much.

smornish

Ubuntu Fullscreen Application - Bug?

1 years ago

Hello,

I am having the same problem with Ubuntu 11.10 and Processing 1.5.1. I am having serious troubles making full screen applications for Ubuntu. I really hope someone can help.

The thing is, you can't even "auto hide" the top panel in Ubuntu 11.10 these days. This option has been totally eliminated.

I have tried to find the "auto hide" option with the following configuration tools: "dconf" and "gconf". There is no "auto hide" option available in Ubuntu desktop environment (nor the gnome 3 desktop environment for that matter).

I have also tried the "Fullscreen API for Processing": http://www.superduper.org/processing/fullscreen_api/

However, the application doesn't always execute unless the frame rate is set really low. If the frame rate is set too high the application ends up showing a grey screen (of death).

This whole thing is really frustrating for me because I really want to use the Ubuntu environment instead of the Windows environment.

All the best

kooogy

Re: Ubuntu Fullscreen

1 years ago

there's a possible solution here, although it's for 11.04 and i'm not in a postition to test it...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743075&page=3

"Install CompizConfig Settings Manager
Navigate to Utility then Workarounds
Enable Legacy Fullscreen Support"

kooogy

Re: Ubuntu Fullscreen

1 years ago

not sure i could find the workarounds link in ccsm just then when i tried it. i did manage to bugger up my 11.10 install though, have completely killed unity (put it out of it's misery imo)

smornish

Re: Ubuntu Fullscreen

1 years ago

Hi koogy,

Thanks for your support.

I have made it work with Ubuntu 11.10 combined with the wonderful Gnome 3 desktop. But I can't make it work with Ubuntu 11.10 combined with Unity. I have given up on Unity - it's giving me a serious headache. The top panel just wont disappear in full-screen mode with Unity.

It works just fine if I install the following library to Processing (as I mentioned before) and I am using the Gnome 3 desktop:

http://www.superduper.org/processing/fullscreen_api/

The reason why it didn't work before was because I wanted to run the application in the startup process (by placing it in the "startup applications folder" in Ubuntu) and I simply forgot to load Ubuntu before running my application. This caused the application to crash because Ubuntu hadn't finished loading.

All the best

jayneil

Re: Ubuntu Fullscreen

1 year ago

Hi all,

I just installed Processing 1.5.1 on my Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnome 3.2 . But the problem is that the processing IDE works only in small screen. When I try to switch the IDE to full screen the menu stops functioning properly as in I cannot click on anything. So, please help me out.

Cheers,

Jayneil.

monkstone

Re: Re: Ubuntu Fullscreen

1 year ago

For what its worth I can run the ide fullscreen with either KDE-4.7.4 or Fluxbox with ubuntu/kubuntu and similary xfce or fluxbox on aptosid, to my mind unity compiz and the like are a complete distraction.

hondaman9..

Re: Ubuntu Fullscreen

1 year ago

Hi Jayneil

Did you find a solution to running your Processing linux application as a startup program in Ubuntu? I finally got everything sorted and can run fullscreen (present) application (exported application, that is) by double-clicking on it. But when I add the application to the startup group it launches but stops at a gray fullscreen. Ubuntu still runs (I can gat back by calling Terminal with Ctrl-T) but the Processing application is toast.

When you say you have to get Ubuntu running before launching the Processing application, what did you mean? How can I do that so that when the machine boots up it launches into my Processing application in present mode (essentially dedicating the machine to the application).

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and Processing 1.2.1 (can't use 1.5.1 as I need the Serial library).

Thanks in advance. Any help is very much appreciated.

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