Flight Gear

[theReaper]

got flight gear yesterday, bugger to control but was working, now today, I get this:

[Dai@DADSPC-FEDORA7 ~]$ fgfs
  Model Author:  Unknown
  Creation Date: 2002-01-01
  Version:       $Id: c172p.xml,v 1.17 2006-03-13 15:27:14 ehofman Exp $
  Description:   Cessna C-172
open /dev/[sound/]dsp: Invalid argument
Audio initialization failed!
   There was an error opening the ALC device
Failed to load wav file: 
 at The operation was invalid in the current ALUT state
Failed to load wav file: 
 at The operation was invalid in the current ALUT state
Failed to load wav file: 
 at The operation was invalid in the current ALUT state
Failed to load wav file: 
 at The operation was invalid in the current ALUT state
Failed to load wav file: 
 at The operation was invalid in the current ALUT state
Failed to load wav file: 
 at The operation was invalid in the current ALUT state
Failed to load wav file: 
 at The operation was invalid in the current ALUT state
Failed to load wav file: 
 at The operation was invalid in the current ALUT state
Failed to load wav file: 
 at The operation was invalid in the current ALUT state
Failed to load wav file: 
 at The operation was invalid in the current ALUT state
Error loading MK VIII sound sample "application-data-base-failed.wav": Failed to load wav file: 
 at The operation was invalid in the current ALUT state

any suggestions?

[pedromatiello]

Check if there is no other application using the sound card. Flightgear will refuse to start if it fails to grab exclusive control of it.

[theReaper]

it shouldnt be that as i had only just booted up, to make things weirder it worked again this morning...

[pedromatiello]

Maybe something like esd was using the sound device. You can check with /sbin/fuser /dev/dsp.

[theReaper]

when it failed the first time i rebooted into windows to play it, 135MB!? couldnt believe the size of it for windows, runs the same tho, shame we dont get that cool plane selector UI in fedora

[M. del Carpio]

That cool plane selector UI is FlightGear Launch Control . Just install and type 'fgrun' to use - it works a treat. My next task is to learn how to use terrasync, and then I'm away.

[tocarlitos]

Help me, please I'm new in Fedora, I have Core 6, when I want install Fligth Gear I see:
[('package openal-20050209-0.FC2 (which is newer than openal-0.0.9-0.9.20060204cvs.fc6) is already installed', (8, None, 0L))]

WHAT This is?
tocarlitos

[JN4OldSchool]

This thread got me curious as to the state of flightgear these days. I am an x-plane junkie, it is really the only thing I "play." I installed flightgear and I must say I am still very dissapointed in it. Terrible flight model, graphics suck, no options...I dont mean to troll here, I dont want to diss anyone, but X-Plane is so much better. Granted it costs $60 for the full world maps but it is well worth the price. Not only can you create new aircraft skins, but you can build complete aircaft from the ground up using the provided tools or you can import models from blender. There is an online forum at http://x-plane.org/ that has all sorts of advice. Beyond building aircraft (and blimps, zepps, boats, cars etc...) you can also build and import static scenery into any airport or map. Users have created regional airports that are authentic to the real thing right down to traffic patterns. X-Plane has the most realistic flight model out there for the non-pro sims. Even better (way better) than MSFS. MSFS has better graphics (not by much) but other than that is inferior in every other way. For anyone who hasnt heard of this sim they should check it out. It is cross platform and runs great in Linux. http://x-plane.com/

[jaromrax]

Originally Posted by tocarlitos

Help me, please I'm new in Fedora, I have Core 6, when I want install Fligth Gear I see:
[('package openal-20050209-0.FC2 (which is newer than openal-0.0.9-0.9.20060204cvs.fc6) is already installed', (8, None, 0L))]

WHAT This is?
tocarlitos

I fought a bit with the instalation on FC6, but I ended up with waiting some steps from fg team. I didnt want to destroy the library needed by other applications by downgrade. Now it comes prepared in repository in F7, no problems.

My startup script that uses terrasync is:

#!/bin/sh
export FG_ROOT=/usr/share/FlightGear/
export FG_SCENERY=/tmp/fgfsScenery/

nice terrasync -p 5500 -d /tmp/fgfsScenery &

# LKPR praha LKLB liberec

fgfs --atlas=socket,out,1,localhost,5500,udp --fg-scenery=$FG_ROOT/Scenery/:/tmp/fgfsScenery --airport=LKPR --geometry=1280x1024


It is fine.

[gres]

Originally Posted by pedromatiello

Check if there is no other application using the sound card. Flightgear will refuse to start if it fails to grab exclusive control of it.

Thank you! I had the same problem, flight gear started straight after I completely turn off rhythmbox

[andras]

Hi!
I have just installed Flight Gear and played it in full screen mode. However after exiting, the size of the desktop got bigger so that it does not fit on the screen, and I have to scroll it. Anyone else noticed this issue? (This scrolling is quite a bit of fun though ...