X-System 8.00
Linux release

X-System for Macintosh and Windows by Austin Meyer <austin@x-plane.com>
Linux port by Joshua Wise <linux@x-plane.com>

Release date:
	2004-11-08
Official release music:
	The Alpha Conspiracy - Black Sunrise

HELLO! ************************************************************************

Hello X-Users!

Please read this file all the way through! It has some helpful hints! At the
end, there is also a note from Austin about these betas in general that you
should pay close attention to also.

Thanks!
joshua

INSTALLATION: WEB *************************************************************

X-System requires virtually no installation. Just untar the archive to the
directory of your choosing.

For example:

$ tar xjvf X-System800b17.tar.bz2

INSTALLATION: DVD *************************************************************

X-System requires very little installation. Just run the install script from
the DVD, and answer its questions.
For example:

$ cd /mnt/cdrom
$ ./linux-install.sh
X-System Installer

Where would you like to install X-System? /home/joshua/x-system
Do you wish to install Earth low-orbit images? These bitmaps take up
approximately 450MB on your hard drive. [y/N]
Do you wish to install scenery for the entire United States? This will take
up approximately 2GB on your hard drive. [y/N]
...

RUNNING X-SYSTEM **************************************************************

The X-System apps are very easy to get running. cd into the directory in which
X-System is stored, and then run the binary corresponding to your architecture.

For example, if you are on an Athlon XP machine:

$ cd x-system/
$ ./X-Plane-800-athlon-xp

IMPORTANT: X-System will NOT run outside of its directory.

CHANGELOG *********************************************************************

X-System 800: 2004-11-08
  * Added version 8 scenery.
  * Wrote an installer.
  * Various changes from Austin's tree.
X-System 800B17: 2004-11-07
  * Built against different static libraries for i586 and i686
  * Added sorting for filenames in dialog boxes
  * Fixed bug where X-Plane would try to load road network "test.net"
  * Fixed weapons loading in Japanese Anime
  * Ported updater (may or may not be released)
  * Various changes from Austin's tree
X-System 800B15: 2004-11-04
  * Various changes from Austin's tree
X-System 800B14 (unreleased): 2004-11-04
  * Built i686 binaries without 3dnow support for idiotic Intel processors
  * fixed ATC using return key
  * probably other fixes, too
  * various changes from Austin's tree
X-System 800B13: 2004-10-31
  * Joystick and keyboard handling fixes
  * Added XSYS_NO_GRAB_KEYBOARD environment variable checking
  * Built binaries for i586, i686, and athlon-xp (as well as dev binaries
    for all)
  * Added X-Plane and World-Maker
  * Various changes from Austin's tree
X-System 800B8: 2004-10-24
  * initial release of Linux port

ERRATA ************************************************************************

800 errata:
  * QuickTime movies do not work, and likely will not until Apple ports it
    to Linux - or until I write code to do ffmpeg stuff instead. (therefore,
    the QuickTime Settings... option will provide unpredictable results.) 
  * At present, there is no working speech output support. Festival TTS
    support is on the to-do list for a later version.
  * World-Maker for Linux is not well tested.

TROUBLESHOOTING ***************************************************************

Inevitably, there will be problems, as this is a beta.

If an X-System app complains that "It seems that you have moved X-Plane out of
the X-System folder!", what it is really trying to say is that it cannot
find the "Resources" directory (or some critical files therein). Make sure you
are running X-System from its directory, and if all else fails, reinstall it.

If an X-System app suddenly dies with the message "Killed", it is possible that
your system has run out of memory while running X-System. Enable swap and try
again.

If an X-System app suddenly dies (or refuses to start) with the message
"Illegal Instruction", it is possible that you are not running the appropriate 
binary for your architecture, or that your architecture's binary requires
functionality that your CPU does not support. Try running a binary compiled
for an older processor (i.e., if you are trying i686, try i586 instead.) The
libstdc++ linked in may depend on more than that listed, so if you are
running the i586 binary, and you are still unable to run X-System, that may
be the cause. Contact technical support as listed below if you get this message,
and include the contents of /proc/cpuinfo.

If an X-System app refuses to launch, saying that it cannot find
libopenal.so.0, your system does not have OpenAL installed. Get an OpenAL
binary for your architecture. (or compile it from source. Really, X-Plane
doesn't care.)

TECHNICAL SUPPORT *************************************************************

The author of the Linux port has agreed to take technical support inquiries,
provided that they are properly formed. However, unfortunately the Linux
port author's time is limited, and he cannot make any guarantees as to
whether you will get a response.

PLEASE read the article at:
  http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html

before emailing with a technical support question! QUESTIONS/BUG REPORTS THAT
IGNORE THE GUIDELINES ON SAID ARTICLE WILL BE ROUTED IMMEDIATELY TO /dev/null,
DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200!

EMAIL *************************************************************************

If you need help with X-System for Linux, please email linux@x-plane.com AFTER
reading the section labeled "TECHNICAL SUPPORT".

END OF FILE *******************************************************************
