Hi, I think it might be a problem on nVidia driver update that Apple released after 10.5.6 update. I have an iMac with nVidia GT7300, and it also has the same problem as James has.
This problem happens not only on FG but also on some other OpenGL based applications. On my end, ac3d locks up after some minutes or some seconds of use. In such case I see tons of OpenGL exceptions at /var/log/system.log (of course via ssh). Googling gave me some possile solution candidates: 1) PRAM reset 2) reinstall 10.5.6 combo update to bring driver back to the old one. 3) archive install and apply 10.5.6 combo update 4) use hardware test on installation disk 5) yell at Apple on this ;-) On my end solution 1 and 2 didn't work, so will try 3 and 4 maybe tomorrow. I also found some web article shows that Apple stopped distributing the nVidia driver update after several days from its release due to tons of complaints. Of this is true, it can be the key to explain the different situation between Jari and us. I don't see any GUI lockups on my MacBook pro/ATI and MacBook/GMA. Now I hate nVidia (or should I hate Apple that doesn't provides any solution yet?) By the way, I agree with Jari's opinion. I guess I need to add some script or document for building a local fgfs. I use mac specific repository since I need to make Universal binary with GUI launcher for both Tiger and Leopard. Thus the manual building instruction for the latest CVS is very complicated. But many users need fgfs/CVS that runs only on their system. I'll do something on this issue, hopefully soon. ----- Tatsuhiro Nishioka On 2009/06/16, at 17:38, James Turner <zakal...@mac.com> wrote: > > On 16 Jun 2009, at 00:47, Jari Häkkinen wrote: > >> The reason for doing the above is that I do not like the >> macflightgear >> strategy of having snapshot copies of different fg components in the >> macflightgear repository. Also, getting access to all new stuff >> takes a >> while since the macflightgear maintainer must update the repo. >> >> Last week I realized that I miss the OSX lancher. I checked out the >> OSX >> launcher from the repository (trunk branch ... I don't get latest >> fixes >> to the launcher :-0), hacked around with the Xcode stuff and now I >> have >> an application bundle. Unfortunately I only bundle minimum amount of >> information and use links to fg/data and some other things which >> makes >> the current bundle non-distributable. > > In the short-term, I don't care about Atlas, terragear or the > Macflightgear launcher - so perhaps you could send me your update-and- > build script (that you use for the development version), and I can > modify it to work locally. That wouldn't answer the binary question, > but it might expose any compile-option strangeness that could be > causing my crashes. > > Also, you could send me your compiled fgfs binary (and any dynamic > dependencies) - I can test that without you needing to produce a > viable application bundle. > > All this is only if you have time, of course - thanks for your help in > figuring this out. > > James > > > > --- > --- > --- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited > royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing > server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
