Running EQ under LINUX

[Shadeofgray]

So it's been a few months since I posted here. Since then I solved my initial problem (crashes) by using a fresh eqclient.ini file.

Now I'm trying to figure out how to play this game in full screen. What I'm stuck with now is a virtual desktop that will only launch EQ (login screen) in very specific resolutions, none of which match my native monitor resolution of 1680x1050. These resolutions can be seen when going into the options prior to logging in. Trying to change the resolution to anything else than one of the preset values results in a crash for me with this being spammed in the terminal.

err:winedbg:dbg_handle_debug_event 0069:007a: not a registered process or thread (perhaps a 16 bit one ?)

What I've resorted to doing is using a 1280x960 virtual desktop to log in, then once in-game used alt-enter to maximize the game itself to 1680x1050, which is selectable as a full screen resolution. Problem is... it's not a true full screen. Sure the window expands but I can still see the top bar and taskbar (yeah I have tint2). It's almost there but not quite perfect. I also know I'm definitely missing some room because the default UI starts off lower than whatever is available for me to see. Taking a screenshot revealed this clearly. I moved the chat/hotbar to show where it cuts off.
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What I've tried:
- wine explorer /desktop=shell,1680x1050 and launching eqgame.exe - patchme through command prompt.
- editing the eqclient.ini file windowed mode parameter
- changing winecfg virtual desktop to 1680x1050 (which results in failure to launch eqgame.exe)

Any ideas on how to get around this?