[Flightgear-devel] 7 easy steps to get fgcom running

[<csa...@gm...>]

Requirements: alsa headers plus standard development tools (gcc, make,
etc) Nothing fancy :)

1.) fetch a known good revision of iaxclient:
svn co https://iaxclient.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/iaxclient/branches/1.0
-r '{2007-07-21}' iaxclient

2.) fetch fgcom into the same directory
svn checkout svn://svn.dfn.de:/fgcom

3.) edit iaxclient/lib/Makefile

To use oss emulation (recommended for now)

USE_PA_OSS=1
USE_PA_ALSA=0
USE_PA_JACK=0
AUDIO_ALSA=0

To use native alsa (WARNING: PTT won't work)

USE_PA_OSS=0
USE_PA_ALSA=0
USE_PA_JACK=0
AUDIO_ALSA=1

To use portaudio alsa (WARNING: only if your card natively supports
8000Hz sample rate)

USE_PA_OSS=0
USE_PA_ALSA=1
USE_PA_JACK=0
AUDIO_ALSA=0

4.) make iaxclient (run make from the lib dir, no need to install)

5.) patch fgcom with attached diff

6.) make fgcom

7.) install fgcom

Now you should have a shiny new fgcom. Consult the manual for usage.


Note to Holger:
The diff includes:
i) remove blocking sleep from alarm signal handler (found by Anders)
ii) allow radio selection even if not connected
iii) autodetect iaxclient version (untested)
iv) remove last trails of xmlrpc from Makefile
v) don't use -s during linking, leave it to install (makes debugging easier)
vi) changed default iaxclient location

Please review and apply.

-- 
Good luck,
Csaba/Jester