Fullscreen games Alt-Tab/Minimize?

[Hellcom]

Is there any way to minimize or move to another workspace from a full screen game? Its annoying if I want to send a message via irc, check on some other process, change a setting etc... while playing a full screen game as the only thing I can do is exit the game, which isn't very viable is many situations.

Ubuntu 7.04 Gnome/Metacity
ATI 9800 Pro 128MB with ATI closed sourced drivers

[aidanr]

look up etswitch or xgame/xgame-gtk2

[Hellcom]

I installed etswitch, but I can't figure out how it works (hotkeys, etc...) as I can't find any documentation other than how to compile and install. Xgame looks really promising, but it doesn't look like the project exists anymore:

http://xgame.tlhiv.com/

Can anyone help me further?

[Cappy]

I installed etswitch, but I can't figure out how it works (hotkeys, etc...) as I can't find any documentation other than how to compile and install. Xgame looks really promising, but it doesn't look like the project exists anymore:

http://xgame.tlhiv.com/

Can anyone help me further?

It's either Control+Z or Alt+Z, I forgot which (while ETswitch is running, of course - should be under Applications-->Games or probably could be run with "etswitch").
Each game usually has its own "minimizing" key combination. For instance, in UT2004 I use ALT+ENTER and then Control+G. In WINE I have to press PrintScreen, although ETSwitch may work with WINE also. I havn't reinstalled ETswitch so I'm not sure.

[Hellcom]

It's either Control+Z or Alt+Z, I forgot which (while ETswitch is running, of course - should be under Applications-->Games or probably could be run with "etswitch").
Each game usually has its own "minimizing" key combination. For instance, in UT2004 I use ALT+ENTER and then Control+G. In WINE I have to press PrintScreen, although ETSwitch may work with WINE also. I havn't reinstalled ETswitch so I'm not sure.

So it only works with the games supported? That sucks, as the game I currently play the most is not on that list :/

[aidanr]

here's the xgame scripts

there's a how-to here you have to follow first to be able to start a new xserver

[DonPeppe]

I'm not sure about minimizing to the desktop, but I use ctrl+alt+TAB to open the top/bottom panel of my GDE from witihin World of Warcraft. it works without installing anything else on Ubuntu.

What I do then is I open the program I want to open from the menus or click on the "show desktop" shortcut (bottom left) if I need to run a shortcut on the desktop. So far it has worked for me. Maybe try it on your game and report back if it helps.

[tL0z]

I'm having a similar problem. Alt+enter works for Warsow but it only puts the game in window mode. I can't chage to another window.

Any idea?

[tL0z]

There isn't any gamer who likes to minimize his games?

[tL0z]

hello?