On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:38:01 -0700, GWMobile wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 5:00 am, Holger Wirtz wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > on "Linux Tag 2008" in Berlin/Germany I won a Beagle-Board from TI > > (see http://beagleboard.org/). This is a small embedded system but > > it is very > > powerful and seems to support OPENGL-embedded. Some small kind of > > disadvantage is that it has no onboard ethernet interface - but you > > can use one via usb. > > > > I thought it would be nice to try a port of FG to the beagleboard - > > but I just have no time for trying this. Is someone around who has > > some time > > and knowledge for this project? > > > > I will spend this board for someone who is interessted in this > > project. Please contact me by email. > > > > Regards, Holger > > Wow that is an amazingly 3d computer on a chip board for less than > $150 ! > Unbuntu and angstrom linux already ported. ..and Debian, you want the armel architecture and you must first set up the initial boot system in qemu on a pc or use a boot-ready image, or press both buttons and net boot it off your boot server. > Hardware supported open GL 2.0 spec. ..any word on glxinfo and glxgears on these? I tried googling. It should support X up to "HD", 1920x1080 or 1920x1200. Or is that an hype meaning 1366x768 or less? ..a wee benchmark idea to cut-n-paste:" alias aiglxbenchmark='w \ ;cat /proc/version ;cat /proc/pci |grep VGA ||lspci |grep VGA \ |colrm 1 4 ;cat /proc/cpuinfo |egrep "model name|MHz|bogomips" \ ;xdpyinfo |egrep "version:|dimensions|depth of" ;glxinfo |egrep \ -A2 "direct rendering|OpenGL vendor" ;cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log \ |grep architecture ;cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep flip ;glxgears \ -info & sleep 51 ;killall glxgears ;w ;glxgears -fullscreen & \ sleep 51 ;killall glxgears ;w ' ", I get about 3295fps and 358fps full screen at [EMAIL PROTECTED], this buys me FG at 15 to 35fps in a [EMAIL PROTECTED] window with the screen shot server running, so, thank you guys for making FlightGear what it _is_. :o) > Great 3d graphics and only 2 watts power consumption > Usb, s video and hd tv 720 out. > All standard usb peripherial support like bluetooth and keyboard s > and mice and vr googles. > > The fully capable 3d gaming pc just got a LOT smaller and cheaper. > (About 2in by 2inches ..the ref manual says 3.1 by 3 inches and 78.74 by 76.2mm, will still fit nicely in most r/c models, and now I know why I never got around to fix my 5.1 Volt flywheel charger blunder, it should feed 5.3V to a 4 cell flight pack, the other reason is I poured hot gun glue all over it and then shut the tin box I put it in 28 years ago, and the (b)eagle wants 4.8 thru 5.2 Volt juice. ;o) > and no fan or even heat sink needed! ..any word on how much it heats up in vacuum, with only heat radiation to do cooling? > See youtube for videos of this beagleboard in acton. > Unbeleivable. > > Love to see a youtube vidoe of this tiny board running flightgear ..aye, and it can be done on-board too. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
