On Wed, 17 May 2006 13:17:53 +1000, Jonathan wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 5/17/06, Curtis L. Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Total computer lockups usually point to an issue with your hardware, > > drivers, or underlying OS. Modern operating systems and hardware > > should never allow an application to completely hang the computer, > > so when that happens, it's usually an indication of a problem with > > the host computer. > > "Should"? I'm sorry, but I'm far too cynical to take "should" as > definitive of _anything_. I suspect that hardware (particularly with > the climate I live in) or drivers are at fault, but I would like to > track down which. I would like to know why only certain aircraft have > done this, and why they do it reliably: Every time, and after > approximately the same period of time. Presumably, there are > commonalities between the aircraft, such as YASIM/whatever, as Dene > suggested, or something similar. When I have the time, I will look > into that. > > It is, however, only FlightGear that has resulted in this sort of > lockup since Netscape stopped being the only decent full-graphics > browser available for Linux. I also have TORCS (torcs.sf.net), and > have spent considerably more time in that than in FlightGear. I turn > the graphics up to as high a quality and resolution as my hardware can > take, and spend considerable amounts of time driving, with no problem. ..what kinda frame rates do you see with TORCS and FG? And at which resolutions and bpps? How does these compare with Armagetron, glxgears and the Nvidea equivalent? (I'm here trying to form an educated opinion on FG's OpenGL performance.) > X-server crashes I have had, CPU race conditions I have killed, but > total lockups? Only in FGFS. > > Somehow, somewhere, FGFS is doing something that is either wrong, or > that exposes a problem. The question is: What? > > Actually, I know that other people from Brisbane are on this list, so > if you happen to read this, could you tell me what your cooling setup > is? Please? ..one word of caution: I destroyed 2 Maxtor 6V300F0 300GB SATA drives by overcooling them. They ran _way_ hot, about 60degrees C but with smartctl reporting 44C. A slightly burning sensation on touching them, had me put a wee 80x80mm next to them, it dropped the temperature to 29C, which appeared to be too damned cold. I've since heard they like 43C, and that it should _never_ change. -- ..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. ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
