Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-24 Thread turgut kalfaoglu
Thank you everyone for your assistance. After enough headaches with RH4, and my gnome desktop becoming a mess (my fault, I think), I formatted and installed Mandriva instead (much easier to update and manage). I will try the fgfs as soon as I get the machine good and running. -turgut -- Turgu

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 23 May 2006 12:46:08 +0300, turgut wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Jonathan Hepburn wrote: > > On 5/17/06, Chris Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Fgfs may be more demanding on your GPU than Torcs. A few things > >> I'd check...GPU fan, airflow around the GPU (80-way

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-23 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 23 May 2006 12:43:46 +0300, turgut wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I experience "reliable" lockups on my red hat es4 and an ATI 9500 > card, using ATI's propriatory drivers. > I dont think fgfs is at fault, I just believe that because that's my > only OpenGL application (apart f

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-23 Thread turgut kalfaoglu
If you are like me, you won't get anything in either of those log files.. -t Jonathan Hepburn wrote: On 5/17/06, Chris Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fgfs may be more demanding on your GPU than Torcs. A few things I'd check...GPU fan, airflow around the GPU (80-way IDE ribbon cables are

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-23 Thread turgut kalfaoglu
I experience "reliable" lockups on my red hat es4 and an ATI 9500 card, using ATI's propriatory drivers. I dont think fgfs is at fault, I just believe that because that's my only OpenGL application (apart from the "gears") that runs for > 1 minute at a time. (I can still ssh to the machine and

RE: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-22 Thread Vivian Meazza
> Any suggestions > > Larry > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vivian > Meazza > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 3:04 AM > To: flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Flightgear-users] FG loc

RE: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-22 Thread Larry Sherertz
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vivian Meazza Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 3:04 AM To: flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up. Jonathan Hepburn > Thanks to everyone who replied with suggestions: I've simply had too > little tim

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-22 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Montag, den 22.05.2006, 09:50 +1000 schrieb Jonathan Hepburn: > Thanks to everyone who replied with suggestions: I've simply had too > little time lately to even contemplate looking at my computer at home, > let alone turning it on. > > When I get the chance I will check: Clearance around CPU,

RE: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-22 Thread Vivian Meazza
Jonathan Hepburn > Thanks to everyone who replied with suggestions: I've simply had too > little time lately to even contemplate looking at my computer at home, > let alone turning it on. > > When I get the chance I will check: Clearance around CPU, clearance > around graphics card, heat of har

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-21 Thread Jonathan Hepburn
Thanks to everyone who replied with suggestions: I've simply had too little time lately to even contemplate looking at my computer at home, let alone turning it on. When I get the chance I will check: Clearance around CPU, clearance around graphics card, heat of hard drive(s) while running, and t

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-18 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 17 May 2006 13:17:53 +1000, Jonathan wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 5/17/06, Curtis L. Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Total computer lockups usually point to an issue with your hardware, > > drivers, or underlying OS. Modern operating systems and hardware > > should

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-17 Thread Chris Wilkinson
Hi there, Jonathan Hepburn wrote: On 5/17/06, Chris Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fgfs may be more demanding on your GPU than Torcs. A few things I'd check...GPU fan, airflow around the GPU (80-way IDE ribbon cables are good at blocking airflow). If everything hardware-wise looks OK, th

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-17 Thread polly
On Wed, 17 May 2006 01:10:45 -0400, Jonathan Hepburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... My locking up setups for what it's worth: Two boxes: Athlon Barton / M7NCG with ~750Meg and Nvidia MX400 on mobo, FC3-CCRMA Real Time Patches >> FC4-CCRMA Planet-Edge Real Time Atlon 64 / KN1 1GB

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-16 Thread Jonathan Hepburn
On 5/17/06, Chris Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fgfs may be more demanding on your GPU than Torcs. A few things I'd check...GPU fan, airflow around the GPU (80-way IDE ribbon cables are good at blocking airflow). If everything hardware-wise looks OK, then check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for err

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-16 Thread Chris Wilkinson
Hi there, Jonathan Hepburn wrote: Somehow, somewhere, FGFS is doing something that is either wrong, or that exposes a problem. The question is: What? Fgfs may be more demanding on your GPU than Torcs. A few things I'd check...GPU fan, airflow around the GPU (80-way IDE ribbon cables are good a

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-16 Thread Jonathan Hepburn
On 5/17/06, Curtis L. Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Total computer lockups usually point to an issue with your hardware, drivers, or underlying OS. Modern operating systems and hardware should never allow an application to completely hang the computer, so when that happens, it's usually an i

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-16 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Jonathan Hepburn wrote: Greetings all, I am baffled. I am pretty sure others have had this problem before, but am struggling to find the references. Various aircraft will cause FGFS to lock up after varying amounts of time. The symptoms are that the computer will completely freeze: No change

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-16 Thread Lee Elliott
On Monday 15 May 2006 13:42, polly wrote: > On Mon, 15 May 2006 00:09:47 -0400, Jonathan Hepburn > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings all, > > > > I am baffled. > > > > I am pretty sure others have had this problem before, but am > > struggling to find the references. > > . > I have exp

Re: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-16 Thread polly
On Mon, 15 May 2006 00:09:47 -0400, Jonathan Hepburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings all, I am baffled. I am pretty sure others have had this problem before, but am struggling to find the references. . I have experienced similar lockups, particularly if I shuffle or resize window

RE: [Flightgear-users] FG locking up.

2006-05-16 Thread dene maxwell
Hi, I'm a little out of my depth here but until you get a better suggestion I would start looking at commanalities bettwen the a/c that work and those that don't ie FDM JBSim/ YASim have you investigated that aspect? trying to be helpful :-D ene From: "Jonathan Hepburn" <[EMAIL PROTEC