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=== The standard procedure ===
=== The standard procedure ===
Given the above, it is important to start up FlightGear with a '''minimal startup profile''', with ''all'' eye candy and features disabled (so that FG won't crash due to lack of support for them) and start re-enabling them step by step to see what's supported by your hardware. You may want to [[Flightgear debug log|raise the FlightGear log level]], so that you get to see where the program stops starting/working, and what it was doing before it got terminated. This procedure will also help in [[troubleshooting performance issues]].
Given the above, it is important to start up FlightGear with a '''minimal startup profile''', with ''all'' eye candy and features disabled (so that FG won't crash due to lack of support for them) and start re-enabling them step by step to see what's supported by your hardware. You may want to [[Commonly used debugging tools#Debug level setting|raise the FlightGear log level]], so that you get to see where the program stops starting/working, and what it was doing before it got terminated. This procedure will also help in [[troubleshooting performance issues]].


These settings use the simple UFO and a suitable scenery location to rule out aircraft or scenery as a cause for crashes. Don't even touch the aircraft and location settings (airport, azimuth, offset) until you have really fixed everything else already. Working step by step is the only real way, so don't bite off more than you can chew.
These settings use the simple UFO and a suitable scenery location to rule out aircraft or scenery as a cause for crashes. Don't even touch the aircraft and location settings (airport, azimuth, offset) until you have really fixed everything else already. Working step by step is the only real way, so don't bite off more than you can chew.
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