Greetings all, I have just noticed something weird but gratifying.
We all know that freeglut 2.4 breaks FlightGear (among other programs). In frustration, I found the CVS instructions for freeglut, and manually installed the CVS alongside 2.4 on my Debian machine. FlightGear instantly found the new libraries, despite the fact that they were in a non-Debian-standard location, and now works perfectly again. I am currently downloading the CVS of FG, ASAP. Here's the thing: I had not previously been able to get fgrun to work. I also have the CVS of fgrun, and it would only start if I specified '--fg-root=/usr/share/games/FlightGear' on the commandline with no other options: It would not recognise environment variables or config files. And then, after manually filling in all the extra information, it would always crash when hitting 'Next'. Now, with a brand new up-to-CVS of freeglut, it works perfectly and launches FlightGear with all specified parameters, even the ones like 3D clouds that aren't a good idea performance-wise. The moral of the story is: CVS is good for you. Cheers, J P.S.: I can't get the Spitfire to start _at all_ unless I hit the magneto switches as soon as FG loads, and the propeller is still windmilling. I'll try again when the FG CVS has finished. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
