Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] FGRun enhancement suggestion...

2009-09-22 Thread Tom P
Hi Martin It resolves to the loopback address. But I think I read on the wiki that starting with FG 1.0, the address which was used to identify the interface is not required anymore. So, following that info, I've tested the following change and it seems to work on both Ubuntu and Windows. Could

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] FGRun enhancement suggestion...

2009-09-22 Thread Martin Spott
Hi Tom, Tom P wrote: It resolves to the loopback address. If the 'offiicial' hostname resolves to the loopback interface, then the /etc/hosts file is probably the culprit. Try fixing it by assigning the hostname to the IP address of the 'external' interface. Cheers, Martin. -- Unix

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] FGRun enhancement suggestion...

2009-09-22 Thread Tom P
Hi Martin I'd prefer to have a solution that works for a stock Ubuntu installation. This configuration I have here is pretty standard, DHCP over WLAN. If you could consider this patch, which solves the problem at its root (as far as I can tell), I'd rather go this way, which doesn't require

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New audio files for FG reciprocating aircraft

2009-09-22 Thread James Sleeman
On 22/09/09 11:18, Thomas Betka wrote: With all the talk about FG audio here recently, it reminded me that I haven't yet gotten around to something I've wanted to do for some time--record some new audio files. On this subject, some time ago I played with ripping sound from youtube videos

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] FGRun enhancement suggestion...

2009-09-22 Thread Martin Spott
Hi Tom, Tom P wrote: I'd prefer to have a solution that works for a stock Ubuntu installation. If the 'official' hostname (the one to which the FQDN is assigned) points to the loopback interface, then the setup is wrong. If this is really the one and only default with your favourite

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread Erik Hofman
While reworking the sound system I started to wonder about the ATC chatter and such (like beacons and morse code). Should these be tied to the main aircraft (and hence fade away when the aircraft gets further away) or should these be audible no matter what? Erik

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread James Sleeman
On 22/09/09 20:22, Erik Hofman wrote: While reworking the sound system I started to wonder about the ATC chatter and such (like beacons and morse code). Should these be tied to the main aircraft (and hence fade away when the aircraft gets further away) or should these be audible no matter

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] FGRun enhancement suggestion...

2009-09-22 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Martin Spott wrote: Therefore I doubt if it's really clever to bend FGRun for this very case. Nevertheless, my intention was to guide you to a proper fix, if you don't like it, your choice. At least it would be helpful to try it out. Ubuntu issues aside I think it is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread James Turner
On 22 Sep 2009, at 09:28, James Sleeman wrote: While reworking the sound system I started to wonder about the ATC chatter and such (like beacons and morse code). Should these be tied to the main aircraft (and hence fade away when the aircraft gets further away) or should these be audible

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread Erik Hofman
James Turner wrote: I suspect this should be a pref - either the local cockpit sounds are associated with the aircraft model (realistic operation) or they are associated with the view position (unrealistic but useful if you like switching to an outside view but don't want to miss a bit

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] FGRun enhancement suggestion...

2009-09-22 Thread Pete Morgan
Anders Gidenstam wrote: AFAIK fgrun has reportedly defaulted to a nonresolvable name on Windows too on several occasions. Let's remove this source of unnecessary confusion from fgrun. Cheers, Anders ** Nods in agreement with Anders ** pete

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread James Turner
On 22 Sep 2009, at 10:10, Erik Hofman wrote: Why was I already suspecting it would end up like this? :) Well, putting on my Apple user-interface hat, adding a pref is always a thing to be cautious about - much better to make the software smart (since the user is dumb!) and do the 'right

[Flightgear-devel] New joystick definition for: Speedlink SL-6640 Black Widow

2009-09-22 Thread Ang Isang Tao
Hi all, I decided to contribute my joystick definion to this project because this stick is not yet supported by FG. Feel free to integrate it into your repository. Notes, Todo and Addendum: - Pressing a button will bring up the gui.popupTip for the representing function - Addionally Buttons 2

[Flightgear-devel] New audio files for FG reciprocating aircraft

2009-09-22 Thread tom betka
Hello all... With all the talk about FG audio here recently, it reminded me that I haven't yet gotten around to something I've wanted to do for some time--record some new audio files. I have access to a Piper Aztec, a light twin-engined aircraft. It's engines are six-cylinder Lycoming

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread John Denker
James Turner wrote: I suspect this should be a pref - either the local cockpit sounds are associated with the aircraft model (realistic operation) or they are associated with the view position (unrealistic but useful if you like switching to an outside view but don't want to miss a bit

[Flightgear-devel] Another FlightGear Package for Sale: Illegal?

2009-09-22 Thread Jon S. Berndt
I've been alerted to this web site: http://www.flightprosim.com/ We all know by now that under certain conditions one can sell open source software packages such as FlightGear. However, it seems to me that this web site is problematic in several ways, - copyrighted screen captures may be used -

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another FlightGear Package for Sale: Illegal?

2009-09-22 Thread Jon S. Berndt
This looks much more problematic: http://www.flightprosim.com/disclaimer/ JB -Original Message- From: Jon S. Berndt [mailto:jonsber...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:03 AM To: 'FlightGear developers discussions' Subject: Another FlightGear Package for Sale:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread Erik Hofman
Good idea's John, I'll try to think about it when going further. It might need adjustment after the first commit but I'll try to make it easy. Erik -- Come build with us! The BlackBerryreg; Developer Conference in SF,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another FlightGear Package for Sale: Illegal?

2009-09-22 Thread Erik Hofman
The do state This is a commercial adaption of the world renown flight Gear project. Further information available in our Developers Area in the shopping area: http://www.flightprosim.com/#order Jon S. Berndt wrote: This looks much more problematic: http://www.flightprosim.com/disclaimer/

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another FlightGear Package for Sale: Illegal?

2009-09-22 Thread Stefan Seifert
On Tuesday 22 September 2009 14:04:16 Jon S. Berndt wrote: This looks much more problematic: http://www.flightprosim.com/disclaimer/ copyrighted under United States and other World Wide Patents A little confusion of totally different laws... But interestingly from the front page: There is no

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another FlightGear Package for Sale: Illegal?

2009-09-22 Thread Gijs de Rooy
Hi Just to dig up the old discussion. That was about this site: http://flight-aviator.com/ Which is copyrighted by http://www.FlightProSim.com and uses the same layout and text. We sucessfully contacted the webmaster of FPS last time (the images were removed), so I think we should do that

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another FlightGear Package for Sale: Illegal?

2009-09-22 Thread Heiko Schulz
Have you seen that: --Flight-Aviator.com acknowledges that there may be an undisclosed amount of the pictures and / or other content found on this site that are not property of Flight-Aviator.com. If you feel you own one of these pictures and / or content, feel free to contact us at through

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another FlightGear Package for Sale: Illegal?

2009-09-22 Thread James Sleeman
Same outfit as was discussed at end of last year. November 2008. Subject Another person selling FlightGear under dubious pretenses Search out that mailing list discussion thread. On 23/09/09 00:04, Jon S. Berndt wrote: This looks much more problematic:

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Another FlightGear Package for Sale: Illegal?

2009-09-22 Thread Oliver Schroeder
On Tuesday 22 September 2009 14:21:25 Stefan Seifert wrote: Since they are advertising the multi player feature: how about periodically broadcasting a message via MP servers that users are using free software called FlightGear available at flightgear.org? This would make sense if there were

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread Ron Jensen
On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 20:28 +1200, James Sleeman wrote: On 22/09/09 20:22, Erik Hofman wrote: While reworking the sound system I started to wonder about the ATC chatter and such (like beacons and morse code). Should these be tied to the main aircraft (and hence fade away when the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [PATCH] FGRun enhancement suggestion...

2009-09-22 Thread Tom P
Hi Martin On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Martin Spott martin.sp...@mgras.netwrote: Hi Tom, Therefore I doubt if it's really clever to bend FGRun for this very case. Nevertheless, my intention was to guide you to a proper fix, if you don't like it, your choice. At least it would be

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread John Denker
On 09/22/09 08:03, Ron Jensen wrote: I would like to hear all the cockpit sounds in exterior views because I am still sitting in the cockpit. My rudder pedals are under my feet, my throttle quadrant is at my knee, and the stick is in my hand. I am still flying the aircraft so it is

Re: [Flightgear-devel] gitorious repositories for FlightGear and SimGear

2009-09-22 Thread Tom P
Hi Stefan, that's a fantastic offer! The jury is still out on the choice of DVCS, but I hope we finalize it soon and we can put your server (and plenty of bandwidth!) to good use. Thanks Tom On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Stefan Seifert n...@detonation.org wrote: On Saturday 19 September

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread Curtis Olson
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:24 AM, John Denker wrote: On 09/22/09 08:03, Ron Jensen wrote: I would like to hear all the cockpit sounds in exterior views because I am still sitting in the cockpit. My rudder pedals are under my feet, my throttle quadrant is at my knee, and the stick is in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] gitorious repositories for FlightGear and

2009-09-22 Thread Martin Spott
Tom P wrote: The jury is still out on the choice of DVCS, but I hope we finalize it soon and we can put your server (and plenty of bandwidth!) to good use. I'm sure we'll manage to arrange a couple of read-only GIT servers for use by Joe Average. A round-robin DNS will do the rest. In

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread Heiko Schulz
Hi, I would like to hear all the cockpit sounds in exterior views because I am still sitting in the cockpit.  My rudder pedals are under my feet, my throttle quadrant is at my knee, and the stick is in my hand.  I am still flying the aircraft so it is important to hear the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-22 Thread Alex Buzin
Erik Hofman wrote: It's way more extreme than that, the dewpoint once in a while seems to reset to -2.8308 from it's current value causing the humidity to jump way beyond 100% (I've seen 1200%). I could limit the humidity to 100% but that only hides the problem. I did not find why the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-22 Thread Alex Buzin
Here it is!! At procedure void FGEnvironment::set_elevation_ft (double e) change : _recalc_alt_dewpoint(); _recalc_alt_pt(); to : _recalc_alt_pt(); _recalc_alt_dewpoint(); It corrects all. With respect, Alex

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-22 Thread Torsten Dreyer
So problem is in the value of temperature_degc. It seems to be a couple of errors connected with environment. 1) File: fg_commands.cxx, routine: static bool do_set_dewpoint_sea_level_degc (const SGPropertyNode * arg) variable dewpoint_sea_level_degc is defined as double

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-22 Thread Torsten Dreyer
Here it is!! At procedure void FGEnvironment::set_elevation_ft (double e) change : _recalc_alt_dewpoint(); _recalc_alt_pt(); to : _recalc_alt_pt(); _recalc_alt_dewpoint(); It corrects all. With respect, Alex Right, Congrats! Commited right away ;-) With more respect,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread syd adams
I'd prefer not to hear cockpit sounds from exterior views myself , so it would be nice if there was a way to enable/disable them . Would be nice too, if engine volumes would really go to 0 from exterior views . Cheers --

Re: [Flightgear-devel] FlightGear Sound System redux

2009-09-22 Thread Pete Morgan
Maybe a bit of a tangent question about the sound but.. The scenario in mind for xmas is a couple of new proper PC's (multiscreen) set up with FG, so two kids in different parts of the house are concerting. In the meantime there can be some ATC presence from some laptop in the garden shed as

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Weird Sun and weather bugs

2009-09-22 Thread Ron Jensen
I still see a problem with altimeters and pressures. Sitting at KHIF (4789 ft) with a metar that reads: KHIF 230355Z 09006KT 10SM CLR 14/04 A3032 RMK AO2A DZE0300 SLP227 P T01380036 $ I set my altimeter to 30.32. The altimeter reads 4666 ft, or about 120 feet too low.