On 6/25/06, Innis Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All > In the process of moving over to Debian and would like to know > what other Flightgear users run on Debian. What version you are > using with what version of Flightgear and what tricks pitfalls you > encountered installing/using.What version of Debian you advise. > > TIA > Cheers > Innis
How brave are you with software versions? I use: Debian testing/Etch. If you have broadband, or even dial-up and lots of patience, don't bother with stable: Get the up-to-date advantage of testing. In reality, although you are slightly more likely to encounter bugs, you can ignore the risk. I used testing for years on dialup, and worked around the update downloads. FlightGear CVS. This requires using Simgear from CVS as well. Not an issue, after the first check-out. Update at least once a week. If you have decent hardware, compiling doesn't take too long. The only thing you need to remember is that, although SimGear is first cousin to FlightGear, the default compiler flags are inadequate. You need to run 'configure --with-jpeg-factory' for SimGear, in order to correctly compile FlightGear. Everything else was foolproof. The first time you compile anything on Debian, you will discover what development packages you are missing, and may do 'apt-get install *****-dev' quite a lot. If you don't have any experience chasing down software versions, install the Debian version of FlightGear/SimGear and be happy with that. But get the CVS versions and walk through the learning curve anyway, the thrill of catching updates is worth it! The only other thing I can say is: I have been using self-compiled kernels for far too long to know what is in the default Debian kernel! It is possible, though unlikely, that you will need to roll your own kernel to get joysticks etc. working. This, however, is _extremely_ unlikely. Slainte, Jonathan 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
