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%% getstart.tex -- Flight Gear documentation: Installation and Getting Started
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%% Chapter file
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%% Written by Michael Basler % Bernhard Buckel, starting September 1998.
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%%
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%% Copyright (C) 1999 Michael Basler (pmb@knUUt.de)
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%% & Bernhard Buckel (buckel@wmad95.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de)
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%%
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%% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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%% modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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%% published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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%% License, or (at your option) any later version.
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%%
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%% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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%% WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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%% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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%% General Public License for more details.
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%%
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%% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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%% along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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%% Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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%%
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%% $Id: getstart.tex,v 0.12 1999/03/07 michael
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%% (Log is kept at end of this file)
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\chapter{Missed approach: If anything refuses to work\label{missed}}
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\markboth{\thechapter.\hspace*{1mm} MISSED APPROACH
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}{\thesection\hspace*{1mm} ???}
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We tried to sort \Index{problems} according to operating system to
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a certain extent , but if you encounter a problem it may be a wise
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idea to look beyond ''your'' operating system -- just in case.
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\section{General problems}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item{\FlightGear runs SOOO slow}\\
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If the \Index{HUD} indicates you are getting something like 1\,fps
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(frame per second) or below you typically don't have working hardware
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\Index{OpenGL} support. There may be several reasons for this. First,
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there may be no OpenGL hardware drivers available for older
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cards. In this case it is highly recommended to get a new board.
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Second, check if your drivers are properly installed. Several
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cards need additional OpenGL support drivers besides the
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''native'' windows ones. For more detail check chapter
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\ref{opengl}.
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Third, check if your hardware driver is called \texttt{opengl32.dll}
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or just merely \texttt{opengl.dll}. By the default compilation, binaries are linked against
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\texttt{open} \texttt{gl32.dll}. If you require the non-32 version,
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consider rebuilding \FlightGear with the libraries \texttt{opengl32.dll},
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\texttt{glut32.dll}, and \texttt{glu32.dll} replaced by their
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non-32 counterparts. For more details check chapter
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\ref{building}.
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If you installed the pre-compiled binaries \texttt{runfgfs.bat} invokes
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\texttt{fgfs.exe} while \texttt{runfgfs.sgi.bat} invokes
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\texttt{fgfs.sgi.exe} with the first ones being linked against the 32-versions.
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Usually, hardware accelerated drivers use the 32-libraries.
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\item{The menu items do not work}\\
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No wonder -- they are not implemented yet.
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\end{itemize}
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\section{Potential problems under Linux}
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Since we don't have access to all possible flavors of Linux distributions, here are some
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thoughts on possible causes of problems. (This section includes contributions by Kai
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Troester \mail{Kai.Troester@rz.tu-ilmenau.de}.)
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\begin{itemize}
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\item{Wrong library versions}\\
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This is a rather common cause of grief especially when you prefer to
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install the libraries needed by \FlightGear by hand. Be sure that
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especially the Mesa library contains support for the \Index{3DFX board} and
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that \Index{Glide} libraries are installed and can be found. If a
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\texttt{ldd `which fgfs`} complains about missing libraries you are in trouble.
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\item{Missing \Index{permissions}}\\
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\FlightGear needs to be setuid root in order to be capable of
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accessing the accelerator board. Be sure to issue a
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\texttt{chown root.root /usr/local/bin/fgfs ;}\\
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\texttt{chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/fgfs}
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to give the \FlightGear binary the proper rights. There is development
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of a device named \texttt{/dev/3dfx} underway, so this probably
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being remedied in the near future.
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\item{Non-default install options}\\
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\FlightGear will display a lot of diagnostics when being started up.
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If it complains about bad looking or missing files, check that you
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installed them in the way they are supposed to be, i.e. latest
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version and proper location. The canonical location \FlightGear
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wants its data files under \texttt{/usr/local/lib}. Be sure to
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grab the latest versions of everything that might be needed!
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\item{Compile problems}\\
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Check as far as you can, as a last resort (and a great information
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source, too) there are mailing lists for which information can be
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gotten at
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\web{http://www.flightgear.org/mail.html}.
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This will give you direct contact to the developers.
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\item{Configure could not find Mesa and Glut though they are
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installed}
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If the configure script could not find your Mesa and Glut libraries you should add the
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Mesa library-path (i.e. \texttt{/usr/local/Mesa}) to the EXTRA\_DIRS variable in the file
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configure.in (i.e. \texttt{EXTRA\_DIRS=''/usr/local/usr/}
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\texttt{X11R6/usr/local/Mesa''}). After this you have to run autoconf. (Please read
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README.autoconf for running autoconf )
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\item{SuSE Distribution}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item If you have a SuSE distribution use the egcs compiler instead
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of the compiler delivered with SuSE. Grab it at
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\web{http://egcs.cygnus.com}
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\item SuSE 6.0 users should also use the Glide,
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Mesa and Glut Libraries delivered with the distribution
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\item A known problem of Flight Gear until version Version 0.57 with SuSE concerns
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\texttt{acconfig.h}. If 'make' stops and reports an error in relation with acconfig.h
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insert the following lines to \texttt{/usr/share/autoconf/} \texttt{acconfig.h}:
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\texttt{/* needed to compile fgfs properly*/}\\
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\texttt{{\#}undef FG\_NDEBUG}\\
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\texttt{{\#}undef PACKAGE}\\
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\texttt{{\#}undef VERSION}\\
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\texttt{{\#}undef WIN32a}
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(a solution for this problem is coming soon )
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\end{itemize}
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%%B.B. 21.2.99
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Additionally there are two versions of the GNU C compiler around:
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egcs and gcc (the classic one). gcc seems to have its own notion of
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some C++ constructs, so updating to egcs won't hurt and maybe help
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to compile the program.
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\end{itemize}
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\section{Potential problems under Windows95/NT}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item{The executable refuses to run.}\\
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You may have tried to start the executable directly either by
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double-clicking \texttt{fgfs.exe} in Windows explorer or by invoking it
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in a MS-DOS shell. Double-clicking via explorer does never work
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(except you set the environment variable \texttt{FG\_ROOT}
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in the autoexec.bat or otherwise). Rather double-click \texttt{runfgfs.bat} or
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\texttt{runfgfs-sgi.bat} For more detail, check chapter \ref{takeoff}.
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Another potential problem might be you did not download the
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most recent versions of scenery and textures required by \FlightGear, or
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you did not load any scenery or texture at all. Have a close look
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at this, as the scenery/texture format is still under development and may
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change frequently. For more detail, check chapter \ref{prefligh}.
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A further potential source of trouble are so-called
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\Index{mini-OpenGL} drivers provided by some manufacturers. In this case,
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{\FlightGear}'s typically hangs while opening the graphics window.
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In this case, either replace the \Index{mini-OpenGL} driver by a
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full OpenGL driver or or in case such is not available install
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software OpenGL support (see section \ref{softrend}).
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\item{\FlightGear ignores the command line parameters.}\\
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There is a problem with passing command line options containing a
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''='' to windows batch files. Instead, include the options into
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\texttt{runfgfs.bat}.
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\item{While compiling with the Cygnus Compiler \texttt{Configure}
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complains not to find \texttt{glu32.dll}}.
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Make sure you change to the Main FlightGear directory, e.\,g. with
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\texttt{cd //D/FlightGear-X.XX}
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before running \texttt{Configure} and \texttt{Make}.
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\item{I am unable to build \FlightGear under \Index{MSVC}/\Index{MS DevStudio}}\\
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By default, \FlightGear is bild with GNU C++, i.\,e. the
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\Index{Cygnus} compiler for Win32. For hints or Makefiles
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required for MSVC for MSC DevStudio have a look into
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\web{http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/Source}.
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\end{itemize}
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%% revision 0.10 1998/10/01 bernhard
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%% added win stuff michael
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%% final proofreading for release
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%% revision 0.11 1998/11/01 michael
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%% Remark on mini-OpenGL drivers, new general section
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%% Access violation error under win32 added
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%% Command line problem in win32 added
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%% revision 0.12 1999/03/07 bernhard
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%% Remark on EGCS compiler
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%% revision 0.12 1999/03/07 michael
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%% Added Contribution by Kai Troester
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%% Reworked Win32 Stuff
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