This issue is also addressed in the FlightGear FAQ with one additional
link:
http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/FlightGear-FAQ.html#5.2
Regards,
Curt.
Norman Vine writes:
> Steve Drach writes:
> >
> >I've searched the news groups and see that several others have the
> >problem I now experience, but not one of them has posted a solution.
> >Anyone know how to fix this?
> >
> >$ /usr/games/fgfs
> >Reading properties from /usr/lib/FlightGear/preferences.xml
> >Base is /usr/lib/FlightGear/preferences.xml
> >Dir is /usr/lib/FlightGear
> >Reading properties from /usr/lib/FlightGear/keyboard.xml
> >Base is /usr/lib/FlightGear/preferences.xml
> >Dir is /usr/lib/FlightGear
> >Reading properties from /usr/lib/FlightGear/joysticks.xml
> >FATAL: ssgInit called without a valid OpenGL context.
> >
> >I'm using RH 7.2, NVIDIA driver, Mesa 3.4.2, and FlightGear 0.7.8. I
> >installed Mesa and FlightGear with rpms. Another program that uses
> >OpenGL (bzflag) works just fine.
>
> This is a WELL KNOWN RedHat problem
>
> they seem to insist on releasing non-released versions of packages
> this time they packaged a pre-release version of MESA
>
> You can either download Mesa your self and install it or
> get the fixed RedHat package
> ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS/Mesa-3.4.2-9.
> i386.rpm
>
> There is probably some more info about this on the RedHat site
>
> Cheers
>
> Norman
>
>
>
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