[Flightgear-users] Hi! and Help! (Problem with ALSA errors with certain aircraft).

2004-11-30 Thread Dave Martin
Hi to everyone (I'm new to the list). If anyone could possibly help me, I have a problem with using certain aircraft. The error generated (on start) is: ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:356:(snd_pcm_hw_hw_params) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HW_PARAMS failed: Cannot allocate memory Aborted This error occurs after the

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Hi! and Help! (Problem with ALSA errors with certain aircraft).

2004-11-30 Thread Dave Martin
On Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 18:58, Melchior FRANZ wrote: I cannot say much about that very problem, but I had some sound problems in the past myself, and all of them went away after using OpenAL from their cvs (http://www.openal.org/) and recent ALSA drivers. The ones that are incorporated in the

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Hi! and Help! (Problem with ALSA errors with certain aircraft).

2004-11-30 Thread Dave Martin
On Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 20:32, Melchior FRANZ wrote: * Dave Martin -- Tuesday 30 November 2004 21:22: ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:356:(snd_pcm_hw_hw_params) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_HW_PARAMS failed: Cannot allocate memory Damn. And ALSA 1.0.7 *is* very recent. If you are using KDE you could try $ artsdsp

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Hi! and Help! (Problem with ALSA errors with certain aircraft).

2004-11-30 Thread Dave Martin
On Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 21:30, Chris Metzler wrote: The only other idea I'd have is heading off to the alsa-devel and posting. A quick Google shows that several drivers (notably the emu10k1 driver for the sblive/audigy/etc. family) have had this problem in the past, and they've worked with

Re: [Flightgear-users] NASA Worldwind

2004-12-09 Thread Dave Martin
Fedora Core 2 here but with a vanilla 2.6.9 kernel which has actually boosted performance by a fair chunk. On Wednesday 08 Dec 2004 20:02, Paul Surgeon wrote: On Wednesday, 8 December 2004 21:10, Roy Vegard Ovesen wrote: On Wednesday 08 December 2004 19:27, Paul Surgeon wrote: Sounds like

[Flightgear-users] Something for the weekend (giggle)

2004-12-11 Thread Dave Martin
I'm sure some of you will have read this before but seeing as we now have Concorde G-BOAC in FlightGear CVS, I thought we should have some proper technical documentation to go with her: From the Concorde Procedural Checklist (Emergencies - Runaway Electric Seat Procedure). 1. Initial Action:

Re: [Flightgear-users] [from AVSIM] Config file parseerror: C:/ProgramFiles/FlightGear/data/system.fgfsrc '--prop: encountered in XP

2004-12-12 Thread Dave Martin
On Sunday 12 Dec 2004 11:16, Paul Surgeon wrote: Being able to select everything from inside the sim is going to make a lot of problems go away especially for noobs who don't know what a command line is. I'll bet tho that it would increase the incidence of people moaning that the aircraft

Re: [Flightgear-users] [from AVSIM] Config file parseerror: C:/ProgramFiles/FlightGear/data/system.fgfsrc '--prop: encountered in XP

2004-12-12 Thread Dave Martin
On Sunday 12 Dec 2004 14:21, Roy Vegard Ovesen wrote: On the other hand we have persons that do know what a command line is. Obviously he/she who knows what a command line is also knows how an aircraft behaves, right. ;-) Thats a very good point that I hadn't thought of ;)

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG on Linux requirements?

2004-12-17 Thread Dave Martin
Unfortunately, FG is pretty graphics-intensive and needs a recent-ish card to run well. (I've heard of it running okay on TNT class cards). I'd guess that the 8meg card would struggle with the texture sizes in FG too - some of them being fairly large. If you ask around here as to what the

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG on Linux requirements?

2004-12-17 Thread Dave Martin
I seem to remember that the GeForce 3ti (64MB) is available for the Mac. (some hardware differences for Mac AGP?) I had one on x86 hardware and it was a great card for the low price you can now purchase them at. On Friday 17 Dec 2004 16:12, Curtis L. Olson wrote: Dave Martin wrote

[Flightgear-users] C172P panel now hacked

2004-12-18 Thread Dave Martin
I've done most of what I intended with the 172P now except for the landing/taxi lights on the wing (I'm having to learn a lot to get something looking good). I wanted everything to 'just work' so I re-added the alpha-layers to the textures which were transparent (you could see the panel thru

Re: [Flightgear-users] C172P panel now hacked

2004-12-18 Thread Dave Martin
23:57, Lee Elliott wrote: On Saturday 18 December 2004 22:14, Dave Martin wrote: I've done most of what I intended with the 172P now except for the landing/taxi lights on the wing (I'm having to learn a lot to get something looking good). I wanted everything to 'just work' so I re-added

Re: [Flightgear-users] C172P panel now hacked

2004-12-18 Thread Dave Martin
Just another thought on that; I've been reworking the 172P model so that the polygon count stays low at all distances (its the default model so high quality / polys may = bad thing for users with low-end systems). However, I do like the idea of making a very high quality C172 for use by people

[Flightgear-users] Software Patents.

2004-12-19 Thread Dave Martin
Many of you are probably aware that the EU Council is trying to press through a draconian directive on EU software patents on Tuesday during a meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries commision of all things. Anyway - I just received from the FFII: Dear FFII supporter [1], Please help us to

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG keeps crashing

2004-12-20 Thread Dave Martin
On Monday 20 Dec 2004 15:54, James Nunnerley wrote: I'm running Win 2k SP2, if that helps. Probably not (sorry, but I couldn't resist :-) ) It seems to open fgfs momentarily, but then crashes. any thoughts? Can you give an idea of what hardware specifications you have? Cheers.

Re: [Flightgear-users] Instrument Panel development tools?

2004-12-20 Thread Dave Martin
Hmm, when you say you'd like to make an instrument panel - do you mean a 3d 'virtual' one such as we have in the c172p, pa28-161, 310-3d etc or a 2d panel? Incidentally - for much of the 3d modelling in FlightGear, AC3D is easiest while Blender with its .ac export filter is most powerful. As

Re: [Flightgear-users] Instrument Panel development tools?

2004-12-20 Thread Dave Martin
On Tuesday 21 Dec 2004 00:47, Curtis L. Olson wrote: For visualization while you work try hitting F3 (or is it shift-F3?) One of those reloads the panel, and the other takes a screen shot, I always forget which is which. But that let's you work on your panel and see the results immediately

Re: [Flightgear-users] Radios and other stuff.

2004-12-21 Thread Dave Martin
On Tuesday 21 Dec 2004 13:10, David Megginson wrote: It took 3 months of solid 8 hours a day in aicraft radio school to learn how these systems work.And I am not sure 30 years later that I fully understand or believe what I was taught. Were you learning how to build or maintain the

Re: [Flightgear-users] Can't Configure Joystick

2004-12-22 Thread Dave Martin
On Wednesday 22 Dec 2004 11:37, Sid Boyce wrote: With a XP2200+, it was normal, but with this XP3000+, it was a nightmare ride. Is that a Gameport joystick? - Would have thought there was an upper limit on polling at least for a gameport (baud rate) but for USB I'm not so sure. Do they behave

Re: [Flightgear-users] Flightgear not starting

2005-01-04 Thread Dave Martin
called pcm.c in the source tree. What other information is needed to help solve this? Cheers, Joerg Are you using an SB Live or other SB brand card by any chance? Dave Martin ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http

[Flightgear-users] bo105 - Always turning right?

2005-01-08 Thread Dave Martin
I way off the mark with the principals of rotary flight? Cheers Dave Martin ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-users] Landing and Take-Off in Ship

2005-01-08 Thread Dave Martin
it will be done fairly soon. (The Nimitz is looking great). Dave Martin. ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: bo105 - Always turning right? - Rotor going the wrong way?

2005-01-08 Thread Dave Martin
. Dave Martin CORRECTION: Just to correct myself a moment before I was going to post. After studying several pictures of Eurocopter types, the bo105 seems to be the exception with a counter-clockwise rotating main-rotor while the others rotate clockwise. Dave Martin

Re: [Flightgear-users] bo105 - Always turning right?

2005-01-10 Thread Dave Martin
On Monday 10 Jan 2005 18:42, Andy Ross wrote: Dave Martin wrote: I've just about got the hang of the bo105 (I think) but It continually rotates to the right in 'level-cruise'. Helicopters have no built-in stability in yaw. Under different conditions, you need to apply different

Re: [Flightgear-users] Speaking of always turning...

2005-01-10 Thread Dave Martin
-simulation ;-) Dave Martin ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-users] Multiple monitors...

2005-01-18 Thread Dave Martin
might also like to look at Open Glass Cockpit for high-quality displays: http://www.opengc.org/ This can also run 'slaved' to a FlightGear master system. Dave Martin ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http

Re: FW: [Flightgear-users] Multiple monitors...

2005-01-18 Thread Dave Martin
a lot. Dave Martin. ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Flying Helicopters ?

2005-01-20 Thread Dave Martin
, collective and pedals from cheap off-the-shelf joysticks and parts. Dave Martin ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

[Flightgear-users] EU Software Patents *Fisheries* A-List Monday (Again)

2005-01-21 Thread Dave Martin
/support_ltr.php Text of the letter: http://demo.ffii.org/cons0501/letter.html Many Thanks Dave Martin --- ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Flying Helicopters ?

2005-01-21 Thread Dave Martin
controlled in 3-axes at all times to remain in the hover / slow flight (As in real-life) Dave Martin ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Flying Helicopters ?

2005-01-21 Thread Dave Martin
On Friday 21 Jan 2005 14:52, Vincent Trouilliez wrote: FlightGear uses the most realistic flightmodel it can and as such the helicopter has to be finely controlled in 3-axes at all times to remain in the hover / slow flight (As in real-life) Dave Martin About the FDM for the Heli, I

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Flying Helicopters ?

2005-01-21 Thread Dave Martin
. What a great way to learn new things, huh? Bill Well said. Vince: You can find the FDM (Flight Dynamics Model) for the bo105 in $FGROOT/data/Aircraft/bo105/bo105.xml You can find some pointers on configuring the (YASim) FDM in $FGROOT/data/Docs/README.yasim Dave Martin

Re: [Flightgear-users] 3D Rendering Problem

2005-01-23 Thread Dave Martin
fly in daylight, reduce the FG window size, deselect specular highlights and always fly low-poly or 2d-cockpit aircraft. Dave Martin ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flightgear-users] Airports

2005-01-25 Thread Dave Martin
the US corresponding to an area of scenery that you have installed and enter it's four-letter ICAO code (LocationPosition Aircraft on ground). Dave Martin ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-users] running probs.

2005-01-31 Thread Dave Martin
unintelligible? If it is a Windows error, it would be helful to people here to know what version you are running and what sort of system you have. Dave Martin ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-users] 2D-Panel for A320

2005-01-31 Thread Dave Martin
panel system. Great work! Dave Martin. ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Spitfire Starting (was FlightGear v0.9.8 onWindows XP)

2005-02-01 Thread Dave Martin
a 'cough' on the starter and a fraction of a rotation. Bit like the engine has suffered 'hydraulic lock really' :-/ Dave Martin ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re: Spitfire Starting (was FlightGear v0.9.8 onWindows XP)

2005-02-01 Thread Dave Martin
on the engine starting pushbutton on the panel. (The second black one from right to left, just over the 2 fuel cock lever). Everything else is OK. Patrick DEFLANDRE Cheers, that worked. Looks like the spacebar fails to 'repeat'. Dave Martin

Re: [Flightgear-users] Running probs

2005-02-01 Thread Dave Martin
1200Mhz (Slow, I know!) 256MB RAM, ATI Radeon 9200 128MB RAM. Are you using FlightGear 0.9.8? Dave Martin ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL Flightgear and Mandrake 10.0

2005-02-02 Thread Dave Martin
questions but there the smartest I can ask at this time. Thanks for any help. Cheers Innis Do you have the Nvidia (proprietary) drivers installed? (currently 6629 from http://www.nvidia.com) Also, can you run glxgears? (just type glxgears in a console) Dave Martin

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL Flightgear and Mandrake 10.0

2005-02-02 Thread Dave Martin
to the directory where the downloaded package resides. *type: sh NVIDIA*.run (now follow instructions) *type: init 5 *Now log yourself back in to the Window Manager and try glxgears. Please somebody correct the above if Mandrake uses different runlevels. Dave Martin

Re: [Flightgear-users] What the hell am I doing wrong?

2005-02-06 Thread Dave Martin
the airliners. Dave Martin. ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-users] Cool photo

2005-02-18 Thread Dave Martin
legislation. ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d I really hope they only do that in CAVOK conditions :-O Dave Martin

Re: [Flightgear-users] Rotating the Display

2005-03-11 Thread Dave Martin
Just a little to add to this. (I haven't read all the posts) The new Nvidia driver for Linux has XRandR support. (7167) http://www.nvidia.com Dave Martin. ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-users] slow framerates with NvidiaPIC Express underLinux solved !

2005-07-30 Thread Dave Martin
switch for shadows to work on the 1.0-7667 driver. Dave Martin ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d

Re: [Flightgear-users] Beechcraft 1900D, Help Please!

2005-08-29 Thread Dave Martin
either yet - In fact I don't think they are. There is a way to stop the engines on the B1900d and that is to pull the 'condition' levers back to FCO and cause a flame-out. Use M/m for this. AFAIK the Citation is also under development alongside the B1900d. Dave Martin

Re: [Flightgear-users] gyro

2005-09-09 Thread Dave Martin
On Friday 09 September 2005 22:01, Edward Cawley wrote: New user with a Mac. Two questions, I have a feeling of being in a small minority, I would be happy to know some other Mac users. I have FG up and going, but with many questions. Such as- I'm trying to run ADF on the autopilot. All the

Re: [Flightgear-users] 1900D Issue

2005-09-17 Thread Dave Martin
On Saturday 17 September 2005 09:19, Paul Surgeon wrote: Not sure if I should hijack this thread or start another one but ... Has anyone else noticed that the B1900D is very twitchy on the runway at low speeds? I just have to touch the rudder and it wants to veer off in either direction. I

Re: [Flightgear-users] 1900D Issue

2005-09-17 Thread Dave Martin
On Saturday 17 September 2005 21:09, Paul Surgeon wrote: On my Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro the twist grip increments in steps of 1213 from -32767 to 32767. So that means I only have 27 steps either way. Maybe we could have an option for dampening the response for twist grips that can be

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re-Re: 1900D Issue

2005-09-18 Thread Dave Martin
On Sunday 18 September 2005 21:47, syd wrote: Hi Georg Just to clear things up, I did the modelling and original flight model,and Dave tweaked the flight model for much better performance. What other panel funcionality would you suggest , I am only going on photos , so there is a lot of

Re: [Flightgear-users] Re-Re: 1900D Issue

2005-09-18 Thread Dave Martin
Is thrust reverse and autobrake found on the real b1900d? Most of the King Airs and all the 1900's have 'negative pitch' thrust reverse. Not sure on autobrake; if you mean the aircraft equivalent of ABS then I *think* they do. I'm fairly sure they don't have the auto/optimised braking found

Re: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [Flightgear-users] Helicopters in Flight Gear

2005-10-26 Thread Dave Martin
Bill You think that is scary? Apparently, somebody I have never met in America has patented bits of my gentic code!! -- Dave Martin http://museum.bounce-gaming.net ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@flightgear.org http