Hi Curt, I had replaced the nvidia card (old) with a Rage 128 RF/SG, and the "OpenGL GLX extension not supported by display:0.0'" came after that. Is there a set of steps similar to what you wrote to address the new Rage 128 card? Thx, Dick
On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 11:50 -0600, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > Dick Murphy wrote: > > >Hi Dave, > >As prior msg says, I replaced the video card. Did a > > > > "fgfs --log-level=warn" > > > > > >and got this: > > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ fgfs --log-level=warn > > freeglut (fgfs): OpenGL GLX extension not supported by display > > ':0.0'" > > > >What do I need to do to get "OpenGL GLX extension"? > >Thx, > >Dick > > > > > > This sounds very much like you don't have the opengl drivers properly > installed. Assuming you replaced your video card with some nvidia > geforce card you should go to the nvidia.com web site, and download the > latest linux drivers and save it someplace on your HD. > > Now login as root and kill your x-server. If you are running some sort > of redhat/fedora system you would type "init 3" at the root # prompt. > > Now run the nvidia driver install package you just downloaded. You > would type something like: > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8174-pkg1.run > > Again, you must be logged in as root to do this. > > Follow the onscreen instructions and answer the questions as best you > can. If all goes well the drivers should install themselves. > > Now, back at the root prompt (root#) type "init 5" to restart xwindows. > You should see a nvidia splash screen pop up briefly. If you see the > splash screen and everything else comes up looking ok, you are probably > good to go. > > It's really not all that hard assuming you know how to log into your > machine as root/superuser and assuming you can type a couple commands > and assuming you can download a file off the internet and assuming you > can figure out a reasonable way to start/stop xwindows on your machine. > > Regards, > > Curt. > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
