On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 09:55, David Luff wrote: > On 11/25/02 at 10:11 AM Curtis L. Olson wrote: > >> > > >> >Terrasync makes you look and feel like you have it all, even though > >> >you don't. :-) > >> > >> Is it likely to work over a 56K modem? > > > >David, > > > >First of all I will say that that I haven't tried it. But, I > >encourage you to try it yourself since I want to know the answer > >too. :-) > > > >I suggest that you start out in the C172 and fly with that. If you > >have good luck there, then you can try faster planes. > > > >I'm fortunate enough to have a DSL connection at home (they finally > >got service to my area) and with the latest tweaks to terrasync I've > >been able to sustain upwares of 2000 kts. with 32km visibility. > >(That's in the a4, time accelerated either 2x or 3x ...) > > > >So, if you are flying at 1/10 the speed, you might do just fine with > >1/10 the bandwidth. > > > >Let us know ... :-) > > OK, I'll give it a go. I've a slight problem though in that I'm on > Linux/GeForce3 at home, and the nVidia drivers will only work if I do > $/sbin/telinit 1 > $root passwd > $make install in kernel and GLX nVidia directories > $edit XFConfig-4 > $/sbin/telinit 2
Odd, the X-server usually runs setuid root (it runs as root no matter who starts it) so permissions shouldn't be an issue. > > Unfortunately this leaves sound unworking, and I suspect probably net > access as well. On a normal reboot X fails to start and I have to put the > old XFConfig-4 back. > > Still, if net access survives the above I'll try it out... > > Cheers - Dave > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
