[Flightgear-users] Problems with FGFS 2.4.0 new install

[Jon E. <el...@pi...>]

I just updated my computer with Ubuntu 12.04, and installed the
default FGFS that is in their repo, also installed FGFS Launch
Control.  I tried to enable terrasync, but (I think) couldn't
get that to work right - probably not set up right.  There are a
bunch of directory settings needed in Launch Control.  Terrasync
did seem to download the scenery tree into the directory I 
specified,
but FGFS would crash when that directory was listed in the
Launch Control FG_Scenery box.

So, I downloaded some scenery .tgz files and unpacked them
to /usr/share/games/flightgear/Scenery
and everything seems to be set up the same as the default
SF Bay tiles.  But, FGFS doesn't seem to know these are there,
I just see the blank terrain.

Another really odd thing is that if you start FGFS with the
Beech 1900D aircraft at a location where there is no
scenery, the engines won't start.  The autostart menu
makes the gauges light up, but the engines are not running.
At KSFO, they start just fine.

If the aircraft is the Cessna 172, the engine is not affected
by the location.

Sorry for such newbie questions, but I couldn't find any
info on these problems.

Thanks,

Jon