Patrick Augereau wrote:

Ok; this is something that isn't clear for me; what is exactly the data directory ?

The data directory is the directory that (shouls) contain all the cross-platform data files of FlightGear, like the Aircraft directory, the gui directory, etc.


In my install, I have most of the files and directories (airport, aircraft, etc) in

/usr/local/FlightGear-0.9.8/share/FlightGear

so I thought it is the fg-root; in fact, in this directory, there is also that version file that contains the version number of flightgear,

Oh man, this really sounds like a mess. The normal behaviour is:

main program:    /usr/local/bin/fgfs
data directory:  /usr/local/shared/FlightGear/data

and I thought it was this file the program complained not to find; it must be something else, since the file is there anyway;

What is the content of this file in your case?

on the other hand, there is also a data directory, that contains very few files; but if I set fg-root to

Which files are located in your data directory then?

Erik

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