Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-18 Thread Eduardo Morisso
Hey group, I have downloaded the flightgear through synaptic tool into Ubuntu 10.04. However, just after its starts it suddenly closes. Does anyone knows why is it happening? Thank you. Eduardo. -- __

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-17 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Tue, 18 May 2010, Sid Boyce wrote: > On 18/05/10 02:14, Donn Washburn wrote: >> On 05/15/2010 09:30 AM, Tarot wrote: >>> try to use glut . There are many progblem with freeglut >>> >>> >> Thanks for the suggestion but I did get it working with freeglut. >> > > I got as far as installing OpenSce

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-17 Thread Sid Boyce
On 18/05/10 02:14, Donn Washburn wrote: > On 05/15/2010 09:30 AM, Tarot wrote: >> try to use glut . There are many progblem with freeglut >> >> > Thanks for the suggestion but I did get it working with freeglut. > I got as far as installing OpenSceneGraph 2.9.7, simgear.org is still down. Reg

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-17 Thread Donn Washburn
On 05/15/2010 09:30 AM, Tarot wrote: > try to use glut . There are many progblem with freeglut > > Thanks for the suggestion but I did get it working with freeglut. -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email:" n5...@comcast.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5X

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-17 Thread Donn Washburn
On 05/17/2010 03:09 AM, Sid Boyce wrote: > OK, I shall have to build FlightGear latest and try it again. > Regards > Sid. > > On 17/05/10 02:10, Donn Washburn wrote: > >> Hey Group; >> >> Success! I took loading modules that hwinfo --glxcard said I needed so >> they are not loaded. And I remo

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-17 Thread Sid Boyce
OK, I shall have to build FlightGear latest and try it again. Regards Sid. On 17/05/10 02:10, Donn Washburn wrote: > Hey Group; > > Success! I took loading modules that hwinfo --glxcard said I needed so > they are not loaded. And I removed --ignoreABI from xserverrc. Loaded > a NV.run that S

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-16 Thread Donn Washburn
Thanks to all that suggested ideas on now to fix this problem. That includes Curtis, Anders, Sid and others -- 73 de Donn Washburn 307 Savoy Street Email:" n5...@comcast.net " Sugar Land, TX 77478 LL# 1.281.242.3256 Ham Callsign N5XWB HAMs : " n5...@arrl.net " VoIP via Gizmo: bmw_87kbike /

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-16 Thread Donn Washburn
Hey Group; Success! I took loading modules that hwinfo --glxcard said I needed so they are not loaded. And I removed --ignoreABI from xserverrc. Loaded a NV.run that Sid Boyce suggested (It does complain about ABI). Fired up X and fgfs fired up correctly. I guess the problem was NV saw the

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-16 Thread Sid Boyce
Sounds a good move. I have taken it out of my kernel config on the boxes that need 3D. Regards Sid. On 16/05/10 22:28, stefan riemens wrote: > If you want to disable nouveau (I believe that's the correct > spelling...) you can try to append nomodeset or nouveau.nomodeset to > your kernel boot line

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-16 Thread stefan riemens
If you want to disable nouveau (I believe that's the correct spelling...) you can try to append nomodeset or nouveau.nomodeset to your kernel boot line. This will prevent nouveau from loading and allow you to use the nvidia driver. At least this is how it works in Fedora. BTW, while nouveau's 3d s

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-16 Thread Sid Boyce
On 16/05/10 17:34, Donn Washburn wrote: > On 05/16/2010 08:13 AM, Curtis Olson wrote: >> I run fedora here, and not suse, but if I saw this on a fedora system, >> the very next thing I would do is reinstall my nvidia graphics >> drivers. Often, system updates step on the nvidia driver pieces >>

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-16 Thread Sid Boyce
On 16/05/10 14:13, Curtis Olson wrote: > I run fedora here, and not suse, but if I saw this on a fedora system, > the very next thing I would do is reinstall my nvidia graphics drivers. > Often, system updates step on the nvidia driver pieces forcing a reinstall. > > There is also something new i

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-16 Thread Donn Washburn
On 05/16/2010 08:13 AM, Curtis Olson wrote: > I run fedora here, and not suse, but if I saw this on a fedora system, > the very next thing I would do is reinstall my nvidia graphics > drivers. Often, system updates step on the nvidia driver pieces > forcing a reinstall. > > There is also someth

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-16 Thread William Earnest
On 05/16/10 08:58, Donn Washburn wrote: > On 05/15/2010 10:40 PM, Sid Boyce wrote: >> On 16/05/10 03:26, Curtis Olson wrote: >> >>> This really sounds like a system setup issue (i.e. your opengl / >>> graphics drivers) and not a flightgear compilation issue. Can you run >>> any other opengl progra

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-16 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Sun, 16 May 2010, Donn Washburn wrote: > Guess what? glxgears fails also. > # glxgears > glxgears: Error: glXCreateContext failed > > And fgfs strill fails after everything was recompiled. > > as root even> # fgfs > Error: Unable to create OpenGL graphics context. > Error: Unable to create Ope

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-16 Thread Curtis Olson
I run fedora here, and not suse, but if I saw this on a fedora system, the very next thing I would do is reinstall my nvidia graphics drivers. Often, system updates step on the nvidia driver pieces forcing a reinstall. There is also something new in Xorg for Fedora 12 ... an open source driver fo

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-16 Thread Donn Washburn
On 05/15/2010 10:40 PM, Sid Boyce wrote: > On 16/05/10 03:26, Curtis Olson wrote: > >> This really sounds like a system setup issue (i.e. your opengl / >> graphics drivers) and not a flightgear compilation issue. Can you run >> any other opengl programs on your system? >> >> Curt. >> >>

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-15 Thread Sid Boyce
On 16/05/10 03:26, Curtis Olson wrote: > This really sounds like a system setup issue (i.e. your opengl / > graphics drivers) and not a flightgear compilation issue. Can you run > any other opengl programs on your system? > > Curt. > # glxgears *** NOTE: Don't use glxgears as a benchmark

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-15 Thread Donn Washburn
I will say so far nothing has helped. I have install freeglut replacing openSuSE's version. I have checked all "ccmake . " for any thing dealing with GL and the library is found. But one thing is not found "opengl-eml" as I remember. What is the "eml" part of openGL? On 05/15/2010 09:26 PM

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-15 Thread Curtis Olson
This really sounds like a system setup issue (i.e. your opengl / graphics drivers) and not a flightgear compilation issue. Can you run any other opengl programs on your system? Curt. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Donn Washburn wrote: > On 05/15/2010 06:11 PM, Sid Boyce wrote: > > On 15/05/

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-15 Thread Donn Washburn
On 05/15/2010 06:11 PM, Sid Boyce wrote: > On 15/05/10 15:30, Tarot wrote: > >> try to use glut . There are many progblem with freeglut >> >> > I have the same problem as Donn reported. > Using NVidia driver 195.36.24. > # rpmbuild --rebuild glut-3.7-17.src.rpm > Installing glut-3.7-17.sr

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-15 Thread Sid Boyce
On 15/05/10 15:30, Tarot wrote: > try to use glut . There are many progblem with freeglut > I have the same problem as Donn reported. Using NVidia driver 195.36.24. # rpmbuild --rebuild glut-3.7-17.src.rpm Installing glut-3.7-17.src.rpm error: Failed build dependencies: OpenGL-devel is ne

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-15 Thread Tarot
try to use glut . There are many progblem with freeglut On 05/15/2010 02:43 PM, Donn Washburn wrote: > On 05/14/2010 10:25 PM, Curtis Olson wrote: > >> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Donn Washburn> > wrote: >> >> Hey Group; >> >> I downloaded about everyt

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-15 Thread Donn Washburn
On 05/14/2010 10:25 PM, Curtis Olson wrote: > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Donn Washburn > wrote: > > Hey Group; > > I downloaded about everything that was available for flightgears. > > All seemed to compile via make or cmake OK. > > I installed all k

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-14 Thread Curtis Olson
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Donn Washburn wrote: > Hey Group; > > I downloaded about everything that was available for flightgears. > > All seemed to compile via make or cmake OK. > > I installed all kinds of things like plib, freeglut, Simgrear and OSG > > What does this error mean. (must

[Flightgear-users] OpenGL graphics context

2010-05-14 Thread Donn Washburn
Hey Group; I downloaded about everything that was available for flightgears. All seemed to compile via make or cmake OK. I installed all kinds of things like plib, freeglut, Simgrear and OSG What does this error mean. (must go now lightening very close) ~> fgfs Error: Unable to create OpenGL

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL

2008-12-16 Thread Jon Elson
Frederic Bouvier wrote: > Just remember : > http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg06267.html > > Thanks for refreshing my memory, Frederic! I tried to build freeglut-2.2.0 from source, but it won't compile. Looking over what I had downloaded previously, I saw g

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL

2008-12-16 Thread Jon Elson
Simon Clubley wrote: > > > Are you running freeglut 2.4.0 instead of freeglut 2.2.0 ? > > Yes, after more research, I found out this is the problem. Supposedly the later freeglut 2.4.0-3 and later were SUPPOSED to fix this backward compatibility problem. Obviously not. > This has been report

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL

2008-12-16 Thread Frederic Bouvier
Just remember : http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg06267.html -Fred - "Jon Elson" a écrit : > I just got OpenGL running again after a disastrous mess with a Linux > kernel update that broke the Nvidia driver. > I am using their "legacy" driver for a GeFo

Re: [Flightgear-users] OpenGL

2008-12-16 Thread Simon Clubley
On 16/12/2008, Jon Elson wrote: > I just got OpenGL running again after a disastrous mess with a Linux > kernel update that broke the Nvidia driver. > I am using their "legacy" driver for a GeForce4 MX440 board. After > going back to the old kernel and reinstalling the driver, I finally got >

[Flightgear-users] OpenGL

2008-12-15 Thread Jon Elson
I just got OpenGL running again after a disastrous mess with a Linux kernel update that broke the Nvidia driver. I am using their "legacy" driver for a GeForce4 MX440 board. After going back to the old kernel and reinstalling the driver, I finally got glxgears to run again without crashing Xorg