i'm using Suse Linux 10, and installed flightgear yesterday using the .rpm files. it installed just fine, but when i try to start the program, it shows the loading screens, then abruptly quits with no error messages or anything. i have no idea what's wrong. i installed all the .rpm's in the ftp folder, and it just doesn't work.

>i'm using Suse Linux 10, and installed flightgear yesterday>using the .rpm files. it installed just fine, but when i try>to start the program, it shows the loading screens, then>abruptly quits with no error messages or anything. i have no>idea what's wrong. i installed all the .rpm's in the ftp>folder, and it just doesn't work.you probably didn't receive any replies so far because you failed to provide important information concerning your system (full hardware/software specs). Also, please consider running$ fgfs --log-level=bulk and post the output (either here or at the devel list)

>>i'm using Suse Linux 10, and installed flightgear yesterday>>using the .rpm files. it installed just fine, but when i try>>to start the program, it shows the loading screens, then>>abruptly quits with no error messages or anything. i have no>>idea what's wrong. i installed all the .rpm's in the ftp>>folder, and it just doesn't work.>>you probably didn't receive any replies so far because you>failed to provide important information concerning your system>(full hardware/software specs). Also, please consider running>>$ fgfs --log-level=bulk >>and post the output (either here or at the devel list)ok...i'm not entirely certain which specs you might need, but here goes:10Gb hard-drive formatted for Linux, 80Gb drive w/windows formattingIntel Pentium 4 processor512Mb RAMIntel 915 G graphics card, w/hardware acceleration (resolution 1152x864 (XGA), colors 16.7 Mio. {24 bit} as currently set)High Definition Audio Controller (ICH6 Family) [not certain of brand, Compaq factory default]CD-RW driveThis is all factory default, except the 10G Linux drive, which I took from an old computer and added to mine.software-wise, I have SUSE Linux 10.0 (the system I'm trying to run flightgear on; i have MSFS 2004 to use on my winXP) dual-booting w/ windows xp. i'm using the gnome desktop system.the results of the running of:$ fgfs --log-level=bulkare:linux:~ # fgfs --log-level=bulkLoading Navaid Databasesopening file: /usr/share/FlightGear/data/Navaids/carrier_nav.dat/usr/share/FlightGear/data/Navaids/TACAN_freq.datInitializing TimeCurrent greenwich mean time = Tue Feb 28 03:13:32 2006Current local time = Mon Feb 27 20:13:32 2006Reading timezone info from: /usr/share/FlightGear/data/Timezone/zone.tabUsing zonename = /usr/share/FlightGear/data/Timezone/America/Los_AngelesUpdating time Current Unix calendar time = 1141096412 warp = 0 Current GMT = 2/28/2006 3:13:32 Current Unix calendar time = 1141096412 warp = 0 Current GMT = 2/28/2006 3:13:32 Current Julian Date = 2.45379e+06 First time, doing precise gst gst => 157.746 COURSE: GMT = 1/28/106 3:13:32 March 21 noon (GMT) = 1142942400 Time since 3/21/106 GMT = -21.3656 days = -21 hours = 3.22556 lon = 0 lst = 13.8256 COURSE: GMT = 1/28/106 3:13:32 March 21 noon (GMT) = 1142942400 Time since 3/21/106 GMT = -21.3656 days = -21 hours = 3.22556 lon = -0 lst = 13.8256 Current lon=0.00 Sidereal Time = 13.746 gst => 157.746 Current LOCAL Sidereal Time = 13.746 (13.746) (diff = -0.079544)Initializing basic built-in commands: null nasal exit reinit suspend resume load save panel-load panel-mouse-click preferences-load view-cycle screen-capture hires-screen-capture tile-cache-reload set-sea-level-air-temp-degc set-outside-air-temp-degc set-dewpoint-sea-level-air-temp-degc set-dewpoint-temp-degc timeofday property-toggle property-assign property-adjust property-multiply property-swap property-scale property-cycle property-randomize data-logging-commit dialog-new dialog-show dialog-close dialog-update dialog-apply gui-redraw presets-commit log-level replay decrease-visibility increase-visibility hud-brightkey hud-masterswitch hud-init hud-init2 increase-visibility hud-brightkey hud-masterswitch hud-init hud-init2 loadxml savexmlLoading a panel Loading stars from /usr/share/FlightGear/data/Astro/stars Loaded 850 starsinitializing cloud layers texture = texture = texture = texture = texture = texture =X Error of failed request: GLXUnsupportedPrivateRequest Major opcode of failed request: 156 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 16 (X_GLXVendorPrivate) Serial number of failed request: 42 Current serial number in output stream: 43freeglut (fgfs): Failed to create cursor

>i'm using Suse Linux 10, and installed flightgear yesterday>using the .rpm files. it installed just fine, but when i try>to start the program, it shows the loading screens, then>abruptly quits with no error messages or anything. i have no>idea what's wrong. i installed all the .rpm's in the ftp>folder, and it just doesn't work.Hi,Can you please tell where you got the .rpm files for Suse 10? I've been searching for them but could not find. Tried to compile from source but was not succesful at that neither.And sorry I can't help with the problem, as I'm a linux newbie too.

What FreeGLUT version are you running?Depending on your version you might have to downgrade your FreeGLUT or get the latest version from CVS.

I think i'm using freeGLUT version 2.4 (that's what came packaged with Suse).

i've found that most redhat and fedora .rpm's work for suse, too. just make sure that they're .i386.rpm, .i586.rpm, or .i686.rpm. i don't think the .x86.rpm's work. .i586 is the preferred of those three, however.

>I think i'm using freeGLUT version 2.4 (that's what came>packaged with Suse).As I said: either try downgrading or getting the latest stuff from CVS, afterwards you will probably have to recompile PLIB, SIMGEAR & FG.

>As I said: either try downgrading or getting the latest stuff>from CVS, afterwards you will probably have to recompile PLIB,>SIMGEAR & FG.ok...downgraded to 2.2.0-83...and i re-installed plib, simgear, & fg, as you said, and it still doesn't work.here's the current info from running $ fgfs --log-level=bulk:Loading Navaid Databasesopening file: /usr/share/FlightGear/data/Navaids/carrier_nav.dat/usr/share/FlightGear/data/Navaids/TACAN_freq.datInitializing TimeCurrent greenwich mean time = Sun Mar 5 01:32:26 2006Current local time = Sat Mar 4 18:32:26 2006Reading timezone info from: /usr/share/FlightGear/data/Timezone/zone.tabUsing zonename = /usr/share/FlightGear/data/Timezone/America/Los_AngelesUpdating time Current Unix calendar time = 1141522346 warp = 0 Current GMT = 3/5/2006 1:32:26 Current Unix calendar time = 1141522346 warp = 0 Current GMT = 3/5/2006 1:32:26 Current Julian Date = 2.4538e+06 First time, doing precise gst gst => 156.385 COURSE: GMT = 2/5/106 1:32:26 March 21 noon (GMT) = 1142942400 Time since 3/21/106 GMT = -16.4358 days = -16 hours = 1.54056 lon = 0 lst = 12.4739 COURSE: GMT = 2/5/106 1:32:26 March 21 noon (GMT) = 1142942400 Time since 3/21/106 GMT = -16.4358 days = -16 hours = 1.54056 lon = -0 lst = 12.4739 Current lon=0.00 Sidereal Time = 12.3849 gst => 156.385 Current LOCAL Sidereal Time = 12.3849 (12.3849) (diff = -0.0889416)Initializing basic built-in commands: null nasal exit reinit suspend resume load save panel-load panel-mouse-click preferences-load view-cycle screen-capture hires-screen-capture tile-cache-reload set-sea-level-air-temp-degc set-outside-air-temp-degc set-dewpoint-sea-level-air-temp-degc set-dewpoint-temp-degc timeofday property-toggle property-assign property-adjust property-multiply property-swap property-scale property-cycle property-randomize data-logging-commit dialog-new dialog-show dialog-close dialog-update dialog-apply gui-redraw presets-commit log-level replay decrease-visibility increase-visibility hud-brightkey hud-masterswitch hud-init hud-init2 loadxml savexmlLoading a panel Loading stars from /usr/share/FlightGear/data/Astro/stars Loaded 850 starsinitializing cloud layers texture = texture = texture = texture = texture = texture =X Error of failed request: GLXUnsupportedPrivateRequest Major opcode of failed request: 129 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 16 (X_GLXVendorPrivate) Serial number of failed request: 42 Current serial number in output stream: 43i don't know if any of that will help you help me, but i hope it does.

We just built using the instructions on the FlightGear website (Suse 10, 64-bit). You'll need to install automake, gcc, and some other packages that Suse doesn't install by default...Now we're running into the missing cursor problem, but at least we get the loading screen...Meghan

Concerning your graphics card:are you able to run any other OpenGL applications under Win32 AND Linux?And are you able to use FlightGear under Win32 without any problems?Also, are you able to use FlightGear if you compile it with SDL enabled instead of (FREE)GLUT?

>We just built using the instructions on the FlightGear>website (Suse 10, 64-bit). You'll need to install automake,>gcc, and some other packages that Suse doesn't install by>default...Yes, you need a linux system set up for development.>Now we're running into the missing cursor problem, but at>least we get the loading screen...Are you also referring to a FreeGLUT based build?

>Concerning your graphics card:are you able to run any other>OpenGL applications under Win32 AND Linux?>And are you able to use FlightGear under Win32 without any>problems?>Also, are you able to use FlightGear if you compile it with>SDL enabled instead of (FREE)GLUT?I have no problems with OpenGL apps under Linux or Win. I can use FlightGear under Win, with the only problem being an uncontrollable camera spin when i plug in my joystick (unrelated to this problem).I'm not sure how to do the compilation with SDL enabled, so i haven't tried that.

> the only problem being an uncontrollable camera spin when i plug in my joystickThat's caused by wrong axis indices for the joystick hat switch in the XML driver file that's picked up for your joystick. In version 0.9.9 you can see in the property browser (File -> Browse Internal Properties) under /input/joysticks/js[0]/source which file fgfs is using. Open it, search for the ("coolie") hat switch axis definitions and fix the numbers, according to what js_demo(.exe) thinks are the hat axis numbers. In some drivers this looks like this: , in others there are three tags , , , where you only change the one for your system.

I guess they (above) might be. Unless your use to compiling things this may be over a newbies head. But then a Linux newbie is different to a Windows newbie. ;-P However...I've tried compiliing from sources and installing the red hat rpm. Both fail to start completely with that cursor problem.I just been through all this and am recompiling as I type. Using SuSE 10 32 bit. I have most of the GNU tools installed anyway so I'm not sure what you might need to install extra. The latest freeGLUT CVS snapshot wouldn't compile as the second to last version 2.2.0. Now tring with the oldest on the freeGLUT site.The older freeGLUT compiles, with only a few warnings.Tada I get the same %$@##@% error! freeglut (fgfs): Failed to create cursorfreeglut ERROR: Function called without first calling 'glutInit'.oh well, I give it a bash another day.How do you compile with SDL? Must look into that.