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Updates from "Bernhard H. Buckel" <buckel@wmad95.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de>

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Aug 27, 1998
Oct 8, 1998
============
This is a short description of the things I had to do to get
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FlightGear by hand. Be sure to read and understand the file
/usr/local/glide/README.
- the MESA library version 2.6 (or greater) installed.
- the MESA library version 2.6 (or greater) installed. I used 3.0 to
be on the safer side...
Grab it at"
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You will need the following files:
FlightGear-x.xx.tar.gz
az-patch-x.xx.tar.gz
base-x.xx.tar.gz
textures-x.xx.tar.gz
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make install
This will install the binaries in /usr/local/bin. Notice that the name
of the FlightGear binary is "fg", so simply typing "fg" at the prompt
will give you
fg: No such job
since fg is a shell internal. Use the "runfg" script instead! Later
versions of FlightGear will be named "fgfs", so watch out!
of the FlightGear binary is "fgfs".
Another problem with Linux/Glide is permission-related. All programs
accessing the Accelerator board need root permissions. The solution is
either to play as root or make the /usr/local/bin/fg binary "setuid
either to play as root or make the /usr/local/bin/fgfs binary "setuid
root", i.e. when this binary is run root priviledges are given. Do
this by issuing (as root)
chmod +s /usr/local/bin/fg
chmod +s /usr/local/bin/fgfs
A solution for this problem is upcoming, keep an eye on the 3Dfx
website.
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Change to /usr/local/lib/FlightGear and unpack the data files:
tar xvfz WHERE_YOUDOWNLOADED_THE_FILES/az-patch-x.xx.tar.gz
tar xvfzWHERE_YOU DOWNLOADED_THE_FILES/base-x.xx.tar.gz
tar xvfz WHERE_YOU DOWNLOADED_THE_FILES/base-x.xx.tar.gz
tar xvfz WHERE_YOU DOWNLOADED_THE_FILES/textures-x.xx.tar.gz
That's it...
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Bernhard H. Buckel
<buckel@wmad95.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de>