Hello Everyone:After successfully compiling and installing simgear and flightgear, I am having problems actually running the program. When I type "fgfs" I get the following error:Base package check failed ... Found version [none] at: /usr/local/share/FlightGearPlease upgrade to version: 0.9.5Now, I HAVE downloaded the base package (.tar.gz file) and unpacked it (its one directory "/data" with lots of subdirectories like /data/Aircraft, etc.) into the /usr/local/share/FlightGear directory (which after the install of FG existed but had no files at all in it). I also tried moving the directories inside the /data directory up one level, to no avail. I also tried starting fgfs pointing to the original compiling directory (also with the base package installed here) and I got a similar error, only instead of [none] the version "found" was [old version]. I downloaded both files today, so it cant be an old version problem. Could someone help me on this? Im running Suse 9.1 (dont wanna run the precompiled version, its two versions behind!).Thanks !!!Will Lehman

Hi Will,I was able to get FlightGear 0.9.5 to build from source on Fedora Core 2, but I imagine its not much different on Suse. One option you can try is to use the --fg-root=path option. I had to use this on all previous versions with 0.9.4 and below.fgfs --fg-root=/usr/local/FlightGear or whatever the path is to your data directory. You may have to experiment a bit with the path, such as =/usr/local/share/FlightGear or =/usr/local/FlightGear/data. Unfortunately I can't remember the exact path you'd have to give.Another option which I just discovered the other day and worked out really well for me is to extract the base package in a share directory. For example, I compiled my FlightGear to use the prefix=/usr/local/FlightGear, when I started it using fgfs it gave an error message. I had to create a share/FlightGear directory inside the /usr/local/FlightGear directory, then install the base package (/data directory) into that newly created directory. So my path looks like this:[username@localhost data]$ pwd/usr/local/FlightGear/share/FlightGear/data[username@localhost data]$I hope this was helpful and not too confusing. If all else fails recompile from scratch, but use the prefix=/usr/local/FlightGear, I pretty much followed the Documentation on their suggestion of /usr/local/FlightGear, I believe thats what they use in their examples.

>I was able to get FlightGear 0.9.5 to build from source on>Fedora Core 2, Hi,I have build Flightgear 0.9.5 on fedora core 2 as well; however, when I try to run it, I get the following message:freeglut (./fgfs): OpenGL GLX extension not supported by display ':0.0'Did you compile with freeglut as well ?I have installed the NVidia accelerated driver; which graphic card do you use ? It seems unlikely, however, that the driver itself is involved in that error; I had 0.9.3 running on RH9 on the same machine before, but it was not the same version of the driver.Although I have seen that the driver install its own lib as well as the header; but they don'seem to be used, since I can't build simgear without freeglut-devel installed.I also installed plib using the rpm instead of building it; tomorrow, I will try building plib instead to see how it works; if you have any other idea, it will be welcome; thanks in advance,Patrick.

Hi Pat,I compiled it with freeglut. I had freeglut installed from rpm, and installed plib, simgear, and flightgear from source. My video card is a geforce 2 gts, running the latest nvidia drivers (version 1.0-6111) for Linux. Before installing the new drivers I did an --uninstall of the old ones first. Not sure if it was necessary but figured it might be a good idea. You can try uninstalling the video driver and reinstalling again.Also make sure that on your xorg.conf file you have replaced the line that says Driver "nv" with Driver "nvidia". In the modules section make sure you have Load "glx" and remove Load "gli" and remove Load "GLcore" if they exist.

Thanks a lot for your suggestions>I compiled it with freeglut. I had freeglut installed from>rpm, and installed plib, simgear, and flightgear from source. Since I insatlled plib with rpm, it might be pointing to glut, not freeglut; I am trying to build it myself.>My video card is a geforce 2 gts, running the latest nvidia>drivers (version 1.0-6111) for Linux. Before installing the>new drivers I did an --uninstall of the old ones first. Not>sure if it was necessary but figured it might be a good idea. >You can try uninstalling the video driver and reinstalling>again.good idea; I'll try that also>>Also make sure that on your xorg.conf file you have replaced>the line that says Driver "nv" with Driver "nvidia". In the>modules section make sure you have Load "glx" and remove Load>"gli" and remove Load "GLcore" if they exist.Normally, I checked that already; but I will double check it anyway.Patrick.

Hi,>My video card is a geforce 2 gts, running the latest nvidia>drivers (version 1.0-6111) for Linux. Before installing the>new drivers I did an --uninstall of the old ones first. Not>sure if it was necessary but figured it might be a good idea. >You can try uninstalling the video driver and reinstalling>again.>>Also make sure that on your xorg.conf file you have replaced>the line that says Driver "nv" with Driver "nvidia". In the>modules section make sure you have Load "glx" and remove Load>"gli" and remove Load "GLcore" if they exist.Finally, the video card was not properly installed; the nv driver was reinstalled during the update from fedora 1 to fedora 2; and if I thought to reinstall the nvidia driver, I didn't checked the Xorg.conf file.Everything is running Ok now. Thanks again for your help.Patrick.

Hi Pat,Your welcome and I'm glad to hear everything is working out good for you. Happy Simming! Speaking of which, I have to download some east coast scenery for flightgear.