Blender Linux Windows Mode Help!

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Hi guys I’m running blender 2.45 in linux ubuntu.

i have to launchers the fullscreen mode, and windows mode, but no matter wich one i run it always goes to fullscreen mode.

what ca i do to run blender windows mode?? in linux remember! ubuntu to be specific

thanks

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try to add a launcher with this: “blender -w -p 0 10 1000 800”

does that help?
besides, i don’t think this problem is present in 2.46

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i’m going to update blender then… i install it with ubuntus updater, but it didn had the latest release i guess

thanks

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I’m not sure what you mean by “windows mode”. The default for Blender is “with borders” (-w) and there is a command-line switch to bring it up without borders (-W). You can edit the properties of your launch icon … perhaps it is set to ‘-W’ and you can simply change that to ‘-w’ (lower-case ‘w’)?

Other ideas:
[1] Most, maybe all, X window managers provide a hotkey for resizing a window if no resize borders are present. I don’t use Ubuntu, which probably uses gnome by default. On my WM this hotkey is ALT-MMB, pressing and holding this sequence over any window window on my display will allow me to resize that window.

[2] Hopefully you have discovered how to use multiple desktops (workspaces? screens?) on your chosen WM so you can have Blender full screen in one, GIMP full screen in another, etc.

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the launcher has -w but still goes fullscree

i download blender 2.46 but it does not run. nothing happes

i tried blender -w -p 0 10 1000 800… it runs in a smaller scale but still has no borders

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I had the same problem with ubuntu 7.10 and it was solved installing the correct driver for my video card.
Now with the ubuntu 8.04 I had the same problem but I found a propper divre in the repository and solved.

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‘blender -w’ should still go full screen but with resize handles on the window border.

This is sounding more like a window manager problem than a blender problem. While you might get an answer here you might try posting in ubuntu forums as well.

Is this happening on any other applications that you launch?

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If it is a drivers problem this won’t help you, but try System => Preferences => Main Menu, click on ‘Graphics’ in Menus, there might be a Windowed option you can check. (Ubuntu 8.04)

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no body replys in ubuntu forums.

I only have this problem in blender.

I going to check my video drivers.

I cant run blender 2.46!! any sugestion?

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guys i solved my problem!

i change the theme and everything works great.

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When you install Blender it creates two menu items: one for fullscreen mode and one for windowed mode. For some reason, windowed mode has never worked for me - even with the latest version in Gutsy - it always opens in full screen.

You can solve this by explicitly specifying the position and dimensions of the window using the command-line option -p. From the blender help (blender --help):

-p <sx> <sy> <w> <h> Open with lower left corner at <sx>, <sy>
and width and height <w>, <h>

For example, I have a 1280x1024 desktop.  I want Blender to open as a 1024x768 window in the top left corner of the desktop - with a little padding.  I found that the following options did what I needed:

blender -p 5 225 1024 768

What these options are saying:
- I want the left edge of the blender window to be 5 pixels from the left edge of the screen.
- I want the <i>bottom</i> edge of the blender window to be 225 pixels from the <i>bottom</i> edge of the screen.
- The blender window will be 1024 pixels wide.
- The blender window will be 768 pixels high.
You might need to play with these settings to get them right for your tastes, which you can do from the terminal.  Anyway, when it's open in windowed mode - you can then simply move / resize the window as normal - and even open multiple instances.  Neat!

If you want to change your Gnome Applications menu entry for blender to use these settings by default, simply:

  • Go to System / Preferences / Main Menu (in Gnome, not blender)
  • Navigate to Applications / Graphics
  • Right-click on ‘Blender 3D modeller (windowed)’ and select properties, which opens up a window for you to edit that menu item. (It sometimes appears out of focus below my other windows for some reason, but you can select it from the task bar).
  • Change command to be the blender command with your size / position options.
  • Press Close and you’re done.
  • Jelly.
    Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=598971&highlight=blender+windowed
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@HoboJoe. Thanks. This fixed the issue for me. Thanks.

I’m running Ubuntu 8.04 with Nvidia drivers installed with Envy. I noticed that before I installed the Nvidia drivers Blender (windowed) would open in a window mode. After I installed the Nvidia drivers Blender (windowed) would open in Full Screen. I think it is something with the Nvidia drivers. What graphics card and drivers are you using?