I for one would love to see a better bug reporting system. As far as I know there is no way to get back to the original bug to add information, answer questions about it, and get status updates. If I’m missing something please let me know.

Don’t get me wrong, I love having email exchanges with my friends at Laminar but that is not going to scale as we get more and more people on this wonderful sim platform. Maybe consider Jira or Bugzilla…

Yeah, you’re absolutely right. I’ll ask Jennifer to write up a short FAQ for the WWW site.

But – since I am a (sort of longtime) Linux user I knew that I had to do some internet research and also where and how to do that to get my hardware working. Apparently not everybody does. I’d like for Linux to proliferate, so …

wouldn’t this kind of post be better off in some kind of general Linux FAQ section? As you said earlier, non-Linux users will only be bored. And I understand, your Linux customers make up only about 3%, mobile excluded. We do know that we’re lucky to get your support and MOST know that not everything will work out of the box. If you had a separate Linux section in you Support , however crappily maintained, I am sure that the majority of web searches for Linux problems would end up exactly there, as it should. And you did list everything that needs to be know pertaining to this problem in the initial post!

I’d like to see a search for “x-plane linux joystick problem” land on your website. I’m not a “Search Optimization” specialist, but I think it would not hurt.

I am waiting for it too. Yes, I downloaded beta to support the development of X-Plane and I am ready for any bug or crash while using the Beta, but I like to get fixes as soon as possible too, so I can use the Simulator while helping you. Please upload it to Steam ASAP. Thanks.

I´m not reporting a Bug (wrong place anyways).
Just a user wanting to get something positive of his chest.
Love the (at times maybe frustrated) LR Team that is working with heart and soul to give us users the damm best flightsimulator on the planet. More than glad that I spent my money on X-Plane. (Prepar3d V4 erverybody screamed and whorshipped it like a coming god… was also personally expecting mighty things…well…it´s 64 bit…thats all? No fantastic lighting like XP?…It´s 64 Bit! no fantastic graphics?…It´s 64bit!! No realistic flight model?…It´s 64bit god damm it!!!…fantastic god to wait for… :-), DWS… rebrew of FSX…Yawn, Aerofly FS2 – Good start, but still way off in system deepness and flight model).
Patiently awaiting the Arrival of Native VR suport (Flying in VR is just out of this world fantastic with the beta demo of flyinside, but native would be 100x better) and whatever other Goodies/Optimizations that are on the way to us x-plane 11 users. Keep up the fantastic work to make the fantastic even more fantastic!
Per chance any hint as to when VR is on its way? Certainly not 11.10…

I’ll be waiting

Thanks for your reply, I use Vatsim but sometimes I don’t have the energy to deal with real human controllers, so I need a simple working artificial ATC, for just a quick simple flight. using Vatsim requires a lot of preparation and getting ready to deal with real humans.
The ATC of FSX was not as perfect as real human but it was just working. I can do a full flight depending on it without leaving me missed on the sky, and without announce “Clear to land” while another plane on the runway. this happens daily on X-Plane.

Thanks Ben. Have just tried with the default B738 from Laminar and got exactly the same result..so it’s not our Mod.

I’ve just filed a bug through the online form.

I know the community has been grumbling about the ground friction model…unrealistic power needed to break away/taxi in the big jets…but when we’ve diddled solely with the gear friction in plane maker it’s always resulted in weathervaning.

You can email Austin to discuss this, but this sounds like a bug to me.